Re: [Evolution] User impressions about Evolution

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 04:49, Pete Biggs wrote:
> >  
> > > > 4. Threads aren't displayed very well: messages that should belong to
> > > > the same thread are dispersed according to their date in many different
> > > > threads.
> > >
> > > huh? we thread according to in-reply-to and references headers. we don't
> > > thread based on date. this makes no sense.
> >
> > Agreed, but that's what happens. Instead of having this:
> >
> > Subject A - 2003-10-15
> >  Subject A - 2003-10-16
> >   Subject A - 2003-10-17
> > Subject B - 2003-10-14
> >  Subject B - 2003-10-15
> >   Subject B - 2003-10-16
> >    Subject B - 2003-10-17
> >     Subject B - 2003-10-18
> >
> > I get this:
> >
> > Subject B - 2003-10-17
> >  Subject B - 2003-10-18
> > Subject A - 2003-10-15
> >  Subject A - 2003-10-16
> >   Subject A - 2003-10-17
> > Subject B - 2003-10-14
> >  Subject B - 2003-10-15
> >   Subject B - 2003-10-16
> >
> > however I fiddle with the settings.
>
>
> So that means that some of the messages don't have the correct threading
> information in the headers.  Evo doesn't thread on Subject, as Jeffrey
> said.  
>
> > > >  This is quite annoying and, in some ways, unpredictable (i.e.
> > > > in certain folders threads behave better than in others), is this a
> > > > problem specific to the last Evo releases?
> > >
> > > huh? no. likely a bug in the other clients you communicate with if
> > > anything. they probably aren't properly setting the threading headers.
> >
> > I'm not following you here: what do you mean with "the other clients"? I
> > just download emails from my POP server, Evolution is the client here.
> > Threading in the same folders works great using Messenger (don't know
> > about other clients).
>
> No, "other clients" as in the ones that create the emails that don't put
> the correct threading information in the headers.  If messenger is
> threading according to Subject, then it is working around the broken
> behaviour of other clients - perhaps there should be an option to turn
> on threading by subject, but it shouldn't be the default.

there actually is a setting in evo for this, but there is no UI for
changing this setting. you have to change it using gconftool-2 or
gconfeditor or something. anyways, the key is
/apps/evolution/mail/display/thread_subject I think.

Jeff