• Re: To change subject line or not (Was Re: [SOLVED] Re: British English

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Andy Smith on Tue Jan 14 14:10:01 2025
    On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 12:59:38PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
    Hi David,

    On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 08:46:28PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
    On Tue 14 Jan 2025 at 00:53:43 (+0000), Andy Smith wrote:
    Most people do not use a good MUA. The email interfaces of the top three mailbox providers split threads when the subject line changes, a misfeature I was shocked to learn about having never used any of them.

    But with gmail, that's self-inflicted, isn't it?

    Will that fact be of comfort to anyone when it confuses people taking
    part in the thread?

    It seems that services like gmail are vastly popular despite what I
    perceive as their terrible shortcomings.

    We deal with the world as it is, not how we would like it to be.

    Still important to point out the downsides. Otherwise the world
    becomes worse and nobody says it.

    And oh, break up Google. And others.

    Cheers
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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to David Wright on Tue Jan 14 14:10:01 2025
    Hi David,

    On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 08:46:28PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
    On Tue 14 Jan 2025 at 00:53:43 (+0000), Andy Smith wrote:
    Most people do not use a good MUA. The email interfaces of the top three mailbox providers split threads when the subject line changes, a
    misfeature I was shocked to learn about having never used any of them.

    But with gmail, that's self-inflicted, isn't it?

    Will that fact be of comfort to anyone when it confuses people taking
    part in the thread?

    It seems that services like gmail are vastly popular despite what I
    perceive as their terrible shortcomings.

    We deal with the world as it is, not how we would like it to be.

    Thanks,
    Andy

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