The 03.04.23 at 20:11, James Mohr wrote:
I was referring to the mailing-list/server software. It has to be done at that level because there is no other way to keep track of of individual messages. Each message has an identifier which is at least relative to the mailing-list/server software (if not "world unique"). So replies are in references to this ID. The client has be able to
Not really. You are replying to an email from: From: Vince Littler <suse@archipelago.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:51:45 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 Message-Id: <200304230051.45646.suse@archipelago.eclipse.co.uk> with: From: James Mohr <suse_mailing_list@jimmo.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:11:40 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200304230051.45646.suse@archipelago.eclipse.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200304230051.45646.suse@archipelago.eclipse.co.uk> Both "Message-Id" were added by the client software. For example, if you look at my messages on the list, you will see something like: Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304230417090.8645-100000@nimrodel.valinor> So, they are added by the client software, when sending, and has to guaranteed unique. You can see your own answer makes reference to the "Message-Id" of Vince. There is indeed an ID for the list archive, but that is not used for threading at all: it was added a month or so ago. X-Message-Number-for-archive: 141961
recognize that fact in order to sort/organized the messages. If your client does not support this mechanism then the pointis moot. You won't
You both are using KMail. :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson