threads (was: Re: [Techtalk] really basic debian question)

Devdas Bhagat devdas at dvb.homelinux.org
Thu Mar 16 16:04:06 EST 2006


On 15/03/06 22:54 +0100, Gebhard Dettmar wrote:
<snip>
> Threading means that your mail-client lists every posting according to its 
> subject. To give you an idea how it looks like in a common graphical 
> mail-client I put this screenshot here:
> http://amor.cms.hu-berlin.de/~h044405q/threads.jpg
> Once you used it, you'll love it :-)
> 
That is what Outlook and gmail do (possibly Thunderbird). Mutt uses the
References and In-Reply-To headers for threading.

Devdas Bhagat


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