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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Cool Web page interface to mail + search engine?
To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:43:06 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199703252114.NAA13403@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty" at Mar 25, 97 01:14:38 pm
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> Thats one way of looking at it. However, you seem to imply that
> to thread a topic the date and subject line are sufficient. Yet,
> we both know that people love to wander off in different directions
> using the same subject line. It seems that we need stronger criteria
> for what constitutes a topic in order to have meaningful topic threads.
> 
> The difference between your point of view and mine is a matter of
> syntax vs. semantics.
> 
> Got another riddle? 8)

Sure.  I have three.

Say I grant your position above.

1)	How do you make me change MUA's so I provide you with an
	"In-reply-to:" header when you provide me with a
	"Message-ID:" header?

2)	How do you make me change MUA's so I provide "Message-ID:"
	headers on all the messages I originate?

Answers:

1)	You don't.  You can't tell me what mailer I can or can't run.

2)	You don't.  You can't tell me what mailer I can or can't run.


Now the third riddle:

3)	How do you approximate threading, given the above, and the fact
	that you only control the list server, not the clients?

Answers?


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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