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Subject lines shouldn't be relied on to identify emails. In-Reply-To / References exists in most clients if the mailing list specifies a Message-ID...
by LoganDark 4mo ago
Subject lines shouldn't be relied on to identify emails. In-Reply-To / References exists in most clients if the mailing list specifies a Message-ID...
- brudgers 4mo agoSubject lines have always been the best way and most emails could be nothing but subject line if blank bodies were allowed. But because subject lines are more work and people who love sending email tend to love it because it is very low effort, the venn of email senders and those who write subject lines is small.
- teddyh 4mo agoHere’s how you do it: <https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html>
- deathanatos 4mo agoThat site seems to serve offensive images¹. (¹yes, it seems like you can work around it by going to the URL de novo, … but IDK, doesn't seem worth it.)
- fragmede 4mo agoLol jwz still has the HN referrer image set.
- brudgers 4mo agoThreading does not change the ways email sucks.
- bobthepanda 4mo agoeven in the best scenarios, a well organized group of people is not using all the features of email "properly" to say nothing of groups that are supposed to have the general public.