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#1

Now this digest has grouped some messages on a topic together, yet others with the same subject are not grouped. Is the problem the way users are posting messages? It seems like a small thing, but it's driving me nuts.

#2

Email list usually are not thread based, unless your client combines emails with the same subject into thread-like groupings. I think Nabble does some threading though, but I do not use Nabble often.

Yes, I have seen many lists/forums that are threaded, some good and some bad.

You are talking about "digest" lists. What are your reasons for using the digest list? I personally do not use one, so I do not know what the issues you have.

#3

Does the above sentence contradict the previous one?

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
I think the Nabble interface might be better than the digest for this particular case
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/
It is threaded and you can get an overview of the threads written to in the last week or however long.  (including resurrected threads).  It's not "everyone's cuppa tea" but i like it and i increasingly find it useful. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Hi :slight_smile:
Nearly but not quite.  "Many" implies a lot but does not mean a majority.  It could be that 99% of mailing lists don't thread but the remaining 1% might be 100 which still easily qualifies as "many".

I like the troll counting system in Terry Pratchett books.  It's a bit like binary but never quite reaches 10 eg  1, 2, many, lots.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#6

Unlike other mailing list managers (e.g. mailman) you cannot reply to
messages directly in the digest mode by copying the original message
subject and retain the message thread.

#7

Browser based lists/forums, not email based lists.

Nabble is browser based, while I use the email based list for LO.

I do not remember ever seeing a email based list that worked, and a good threading/grouping system for any of the email clients I have used.

#8

Thanks, Tom, I'll give Nabble a try.

Tom wrote:

#9

Have you looked at Alpine or Mutt?

#10

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Now this digest has grouped some messages on a topic together, yet
others with the same subject are not grouped. Is the problem the
way users are posting messages? It seems like a small thing, but
it's driving me nuts.

Maybe something is wrong with the headers, or the digest only groups
directly related messages together (maybe B is only grouped with A if it
is a reply to A).

Email list usually are not thread based, unless your client combines
emails with the same subject into thread-like groupings. I think
Nabble does some threading though, but I do not use Nabble often.

E-mails *are* usually threaded, apart from messages sent with a couple
bad clients.

Even if you've never seen a client threading e-mails, these e-mails
still have the threading information in the headers.

Don't confuse this with subject-based grouping of messages.