[Tutor] syntax error

[Dave Angel]

On 05/13/2012 05:44 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:29 PM, bob gailer <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> oh - and always provide a specific meaningful subject
>>
>> My client has no idea what thread this post came from.
>>
>> Is it supposed to?
>
>
> What's your client? I'm using Thunderbird, and it too doesn't have any
> idea.
>
> I see that Bob's email does have an In-Reply-To header:
>
> In-Reply-To:
> <CAM9vinNG0z-7zBgyiaOrL0d+n6bNStB3_RSbbAgEoe0UfNc3Vg at mail.gmail.com>
>
> and if I look at the email which started this thread, Keitaro Kaoru's
> email with no subject line, I see it has the same message ID:
>
> Message-ID:
> <CAM9vinNG0z-7zBgyiaOrL0d+n6bNStB3_RSbbAgEoe0UfNc3Vg at mail.gmail.com>
>
>
> so my guess is that Thunderbird is just stupid.
>
>

But my copy of Thunderbird (12.0.1, running on Linux) recognized these
as being the same thread as Keitaro Kaoru's message, and combined them
properly.



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DaveA