OT message issues

[Steve Holden]

"kacper" <hash at removethis.tlen.pl> wrote ...
> Hi,
>
> I was reading c.l.py and by the way figuring out the base on which my
> newsreader groups messages into threads, as I need such functionality in
my
> current project. I found out there are 3 methods of guessing where a
message
> belongs, based on (in order of checking):
>
> - in-reply-to header
> - references header
> - message title (last resort)
>
> But some messages here make me confused (and my reader too). The message I
> am replying to sits below the main thread msg, BUT it's NOT the reply to
> that message. The reason for it's location is message-id mismatch:
>
> original id: <mailman.1010995339.2193.python-list at python.org>
> referenced id: <XFMail.20020114000028.shalehperry at attbi.com>
>
> How does that happen? Something with the mailing list gate? Or is it my
> newsgroups server? Is there a way around?
>
Not all newsreading software does threading as well as it might. See

    http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html

for a description of one algorithm that's supposed to work well.

Like you I use Outlook Express 5.5, and find that threading is broken.

regards
 Steve
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