Playing real player files

[Terence Simpson]

manchicken wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 18:28:58 Art Alexion wrote:
>   
>> On Thursday 10 May 2007 09:56, Michael D. Stemle, Jr. wrote:
>>     
>>> I don't see this thread as being hijacked.  Mark's response to this
>>> problem--at least how I read it--seemed highly relevant.  It was
>>> addressing the problem of viewing/listening to RealPlayer content using
>>> MPlayer.
>>>       
>> The "problem" being discussed in the thread was the uncontrolled growth of
>> the .xsession-errors file.  What does that have to do with using mplayer
>> for realplayer content?
>>     
>
> Read the subject of the messsage.  The subject is "playing real player files."  
> I understand that this may be showing up incorrectly in thunderbird, but 
> that's hardly the fault of those posting, is it?  Please post a bug report if 
> it is necessary, but this is most definitely not a thread on xsession-errors.  
> It is a thread on real player files.
>
>   
It's not incorrect in thunderbird, it's actually very correct and not at 
all a bug.
Look at the message source of the 1st "Playing real player files" and 
you'll see
In-Reply-To: <200705100835.40747.art.alexion at verizon.net>
So the message was a reply to "Re: .xsession-errors file"
It's a bug in every other email client if it's not shown as part of the 
same thread.