Subject: Can pine thread news items correctly

From: Tim Simpson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 11:44:48 GMT

Hello,
	Sorry if this is a FAQ but when using pine to read news can it be 
setup to correctly thread news items ?

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Tim
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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 11:59:21 -0400

On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, Tim Simpson wrote:

| Hello,
| 	Sorry if this is a FAQ but when using pine to read news can it be 
| setup to correctly thread news items ?
| [...]

    If you are using Pine 3.91, from the Main Menu go into Setup and 
Configuration.  Scroll down several screens to sort-key.  There are various 
options there for how things are sorted when you see them.  Experiment 
with some of those.  OrderedSubject might give things by thread order.  
(The help screens should say.)

Paul
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From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@charisma>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:55:37 -0400

OrderedSubj is what I use, and I consider that proper threading.

It still prompts me on whether I want to _really_ post or not, so I'm 
still looking for help on that one.

TjL

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From: "Ben T. Feese" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 15:19:39 -0400 (EDT)

> OrderedSubj is what I use, and I consider that proper threading.
==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==snip==

OrderSubj is what I use too, and it is better than nothing.
 
But, because it orders all messages with a given subject according to the 
time in which they were *received*locally*, rather than in terms of the 
(universal, GMT) time at which they were *transmitted*, often the 
ordering is jumbled and makes it it difficult to make sense of the thread.

(i.e. responses precede the originating message of the thread).

btf