[HIJACKED!] What are the best OSS discussion group apps?

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 17:02:04 UTC 2008


On 14/01/2008, David Koski <david at kosmosisland.com> wrote:
> On Monday 14 January 2008 07:54, Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 14/01/2008, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > I understand it just fine, thanks. My primary email address is one
> > I've been using since 1991; it was my second, my first being one I got
> > at University in 1985, at which time I started to explore the
> > Internet. I've been using online discussions and mailing lists for
> > some twenty years now, since long before the Web or indeed Linux
> > existed.
> >
> > How Gmail does its threading is a matter for the Gmail developers, not
> > me. However, as a happy user, I will defend its behaviour against
> > criticism, especially ill-informed criticism.
> >
> > I do not know what MUA the person who started this thread uses. I
> > suspect only he does. So it is pointless to debate whether Gmail
>
> No.  Anyone who reads the header of his email can know:
>
> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405)
>
> But I think you knew that, right?

Well, there's one bit of the Gmail user interface I don't much like,
then - when I asked to view headers, it didn't show me that one.
Annoying.

> Ironically, it is the same MUA I have been using as of late.  Threading works
> just fine.

I'm sure it does.

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