Proper threading?

[Steve Lamb]

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On Tue, 08 Jun 1999 13:38:10 +0100, Dr. Martin R. Hadam wrote:

> Well, at times we need to be correct <bg>.

    Forgive us poor beta testers who are sick with the flu, out from work,
dead tired and answering mails.  I shall now go flog myself and endeavor to
do better next time.

> Unfortunately "read status" is NOT "new". As I've outlined in another
>email in this thread, "Read Status" is UNREAD, REPLIED-TO and SENT all
>in one parameter.

    You're also forgetting priority.

> Hence a single unique subject (thread) may appear in *four* different
>places in a folder - i.e. at "unread" (fine), "no special status
>assigned" (fine), "replied-to" (ridiculous) and "sent" (close to
>ridiculous).

    Then don't sort by it.  In fact, it can show up in 5-6 different places.

> In summary, having a true "NEW (only)" setting in the sort priority
>listbox would be a real improvement over current sad state. That's also
>the reason I stated the above in the first place.

    Sort by received date, problem solved.

> Again, I continue to be amazed why the zillions of beta-testers for
>pmmail hanging out here haven't hammered on Southsoft to get this
>changed (it was somewhat better with prior versions up to 1.9?)

    It is broken in the way it is done, but it is improved.  Did you know
that V1.9 didn't even sort priority correctly?  The problem is, to do it
correctly PMMail needs to be able to have a seperate sort order for each
criteria like PMINews does.  However, this would break compatibility with the
configuration files between the two versions.  It is as good as it is going
to get until they jump that hurdle.  They are aware of the problem.  Your
best bet is to trust us and do what we suggest.  ;)

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