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[email protected] (Joe Bobst)

31/12/2004 3:12 PM

Orphan posts

Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie posts
into the original thread so they can be viewed together. Just checking the
first couple of dozen in today's crop there are 15 Re: that have to be back
searched to make any sense, and only 9 that are ordinary posts. Seems a pity to
waste good replies by not aggregating all the information. Too many folks won't
bother with an orphan reply because it is too time consuming to hunt down the
original post.

Joe


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Steve Dunbar

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 8:46 AM

Joe Bobst wrote:

> Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie
> posts into the original thread so they can be viewed together. Just
> checking the first couple of dozen in today's crop there are 15 Re: that
> have to be back searched to make any sense, ...

I believe this is due to the "new and improved" version of Google Groups.
Apparently, Google does not include a "references" header when one of their
users replies to a message.

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-- Steve

dp

"damian penney"

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 12:38 PM

That's not true, here is a link
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/msg/4376d0b10e538247?dmode=source
to a recent post of mine sent via Google Groups and the references
header is definitely in there.

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 11:09 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie posts
> into the original thread so they can be viewed together.
>

Dunno' about MS, but I downloaded Gravity (for free) many years ago.
Does threads and more. Do a Google.

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

TD

Tim Douglass

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 11:58 AM

On 31 Dec 2004 15:12:57 GMT, [email protected] (Joe Bobst) wrote:

>Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie posts
>into the original thread so they can be viewed together. Just checking the
>first couple of dozen in today's crop there are 15 Re: that have to be back
>searched to make any sense, and only 9 that are ordinary posts. Seems a pity to
>waste good replies by not aggregating all the information. Too many folks won't
>bother with an orphan reply because it is too time consuming to hunt down the
>original post.

MS eats OT: and replaces it with re:, so if your newsreader is
threading on subject rather than thread ID you will get those. MS also
has been poor on normal threading as well, but I thought they had
fixed that.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

FK

"Frank Ketchum"

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 7:07 PM


"Joe Bobst" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie
> posts
> into the original thread so they can be viewed together. Just checking the
> first couple of dozen in today's crop there are 15 Re: that have to be
> back
> searched to make any sense, and only 9 that are ordinary posts. Seems a
> pity to
> waste good replies by not aggregating all the information. Too many folks
> won't
> bother with an orphan reply because it is too time consuming to hunt down
> the
> original post.
>

I use outlook express and under "view" - "current view" I select "group
messages by conversation". All replies get put with the thread that they
are replying to. They even stay with the thread when a poster changes the
subject.

Frank

Pg

Patriarch

in reply to [email protected] (Joe Bobst) on 31/12/2004 3:12 PM

31/12/2004 11:43 PM

Steve Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Joe Bobst wrote:
>
>> Wondering if there is some new M$ newsreader out there that won't tie
>> posts into the original thread so they can be viewed together. Just
>> checking the first couple of dozen in today's crop there are 15 Re:
>> that have to be back searched to make any sense, ...
>
> I believe this is due to the "new and improved" version of Google
> Groups. Apparently, Google does not include a "references" header when
> one of their users replies to a message.
>

The problem is showing up with xNews as well.

Patriarch


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