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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bug 54474] changing subject does not break thread
From:       Alexander Kellett <lypanov () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-02-28 19:06:29
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:52:09PM +1000, Don Sanders wrote:
> Yeah, I understand that many people would prefer a break thread 
> option. But this seems distasteful to me, and personally I would 
> prefer automatic thread breaking, but unless there's widespread 
> popular support for that I won't push too hard for it. Perhaps 
> placing a patch on kmail.kde.org and closing the bug would be an 
> acceptable compromise.

In fact, one thing that bugs me in mutt (and i can probablyfix it, 
just haven't got the time) is the fact that subject changes don't 
break thread. In most cases (90%) breaking the thread is the correct 
thing to do. BUT, this is very dependant on the understanding of 
"breaking the thread", by this I mean not a full thread break but 
rather mean that the mail with changed subject should be made a 
root item rather than a thread subitem, _and_ should NOT be placed 
elsewhere, i.e, it shouldn't be placed in a completely different 
section in the email list but should simply be placed as the next
thread.

By the way, is threading in kmail 'lazy"?, i.e, I just deleted
a few mails from a thread in mutt, then asked mutt to sync the
mailbox and suddenly the threads were reorganized, thus making 
me lose my current reading position and requiring me to find
the thread once again, very bad for usability.

mvg,
Alex
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