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IMAP definitions on threading (Re: #1008 USEFOR 1.5 "followup": summary so far)

Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Thu, 02 June 2005 12:43 UTC

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Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:42:30 +0200
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
To: John Stanley <stanley@peak.org>, ietf-usefor@imc.org
Subject: IMAP definitions on threading (Re: #1008 USEFOR 1.5 "followup": summary so far)
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This thread is far enough off topic that I'm changing the subject line...

--On onsdag, juni 01, 2005 15:10:10 -0700 John Stanley <stanley@peak.org> 
wrote:

>> With "threading on Subject",
>
> Threading on Subject does not exist. It is "sorting by subject". You
> obviously missed the entire paragraph where I pointed out that the Subject
> header has NO article relationship information, and thus cannot be used to
> identify threads.

John, I believe you are using language stronger than is justified.

If you check out draft-ietf-imapext-thread-13 (the draft is expired, 
unfortunately), you will find the method called ORDEREDSUBJECT referred to 
as "threading" - the fact that you do not like this particular name for 
this way of ordering messages does not mean that you have the right to 
claim that it "does not exist".

                     Harald

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