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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 67642] Thread messages also by subject does not work
From:       Matthew Klassen <matt () klassen ! com>
Date:       2007-08-02 4:20:58
Message-ID: 20070802042058.13697.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From matt klassen com  2007-08-02 06:20 -------
Whoops, I put the screenshot in the last comment.

I'm glad to see that this bug/feature request was already asked for.  I completely \
understand where Till is coming from, we don't want to have a completely lax matching \
algorithm which contains a lot of false positives for Threading by Subject.  But I \
think that it is worth noting that it seems to be standard for other applications to \
thread by subject where it does not match RE: or FW: as a starting string.  In \
particular Thunderbird works like this.

One thing that Till does bring up is that we don't want to match two threads that \
have the same subject but are actually different.  But one flaw that I see with \
Till's argument is that his implimentation won't work in these cases anyway.  For \
example, if we had four emails like this, the RE's would most likely be matched wrong \
                anyway:
Subject: A
Subject: RE: A
Subject: A
Subject: RE: A

I think that it be fair to note, that if anyone is running the "Threading by Subject" \
they would be aware that false positives are possible.  

At anyrate, have a quick look at the screenshot that I sent in and see how our \
groupware sends out messages:  "[EW subscription] Followup on <site> Slip 22322"
So when we get 50+ emails a day with slips spreading over weeks, it become difficult \
to follow what happens. 

Matt
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