Proper threading?
Norm
pmmail-l@musthave.com
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 04:51:07 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 01:22:21 -0600 (MST), Doug McKibbin wrote:
>PMMail/2 (and PMINews) both do not thread 100% correctly. Too often, a reply to a
>message from, let's say Europe, is placed in the thread before the original. Is there
>a way to properly thread them so it is sorted "real time", as if it's a face-to-face
>discussion? Is the notorious TZ problem?
>
>I'm currently sorting by Subject, Date/Time of Message, Date/Time Received. I've
>tried various orders, but none produces the accurate timeline of a thread. If anyone
>has this working, please share the secret.
I know of no 'perfect' way currently available in the program to
deal with this, but what works best for me is to sort on 'date/time
received'. Although it's certainly not perfect I find it works better
than the rest.
--
...Cheers,
...Norm
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