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Thomas Lake wrote:
> Larry Hudson wrote:
>> Works for me, you must have threading deselected.
>> Go to:  View->Threads   and there are several options.  Mine is set
>> for "all".
> 
> No the threads are displayed correctly but Thunderbird doesn't implement
> thread ID based threading. It sorts threads by their subject title
> instead. Therefore if you make a post with the same name as a previous
> post Thunderbird will show it as a reply to the previous post of the
> same name instead of as a new Thread like it should. The thread we are
> in now is from 2000 originally and Thunderbird keeps tacking on each
> subsequent post with the title 'Abstract' to that original thread.

	Actually, they do implement thread ID based threading: if you reply
to a post and change the subject, it will still be shown in the
right thread. However, they also implement a workaround for other
newsreaders that don't set thread ID. All that's lacking is a way to
turn that #*!@ feature OFF!

		Jerome
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