OT: Kmail, POP3, list, thread and Gmail

[Derek Broughton]

lanzen wrote:

> On Tuesday 20 May 2008 01:53:28 Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> Surely "gmail mail-list" would find this as the
>> number one FAQ!  Quite simply, gmail doesn't keep multiple copies of any
>> mail with the same message-id.  You send mail, it gets a message id, and
>> it comes back with the same ID - so it's discarded.
> 
> Nice, that explains it! So, when using a different SMTP GMail receives a
> message-id it hasn't seen previously, does not discard it, treats it like
> something you have not yet read and, when asked, sends it to you.
> 
> That's clever! But maybe they should re-think this policy when the mail is
> sent to a mailing lists because it is upsetting many.
 
I agree it's not a good policy - Mail lists (at least mailman) generally let
you turn receipt of your own mails off if that's the way you want it, so
you don't need gmail to do it for you.  I think the problem, though, is
that gmail keeps everything in a single store - so you _can_ only have one
message with a single message-id.  My preference then, would be to have an
option in gmail's preferences to allow me to receive mails from myself,
that could then be implemented by having the newest received message with
the same id overwrite the original.  Having everything in a single store
_is_ supposed to be a feature - and I can see the value - but you should be
able to see mails that you actually send to yourself (whether directly or
indirectly) complete with all headers.
-- 
derek