Re: send-email sending shallow threads by default

From: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2009, 09:56 UTC
Message-ID: <2612F8BC-FF9F-4708-A4A1-A64F680D6B1F@wincent.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090216024308.GB18780@sigill.intra.peff.net>

El 16/2/2009, a las 3:43, Jeff King escribió:

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> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:09:11AM +0000, Pieter de Bie wrote:
>
>> On 16 feb 2009, at 00:07, Jeff King wrote:
>>
>>> Are there common readers that thread but do not order by date?
>>
>> Apple's Mail orders by date received, rather than date sent
>
> Hmph. I guess it is a potential problem, then. If you use Apple Mail,
> can you report on whether out of order threads have been a problem
> (since earlier discussion revealed that both deep and shallow threads
> are found in the wild)?

Yes, I use Apple Mail and I often see out-of-order threads.

But frankly, this is a total non-problem with absolutely zero impact (given that most people use numbered subject lines and it is easy to see the order in which the patches should be read).

Cheers, Wincent