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

[Padraig]

On Jan 14, 2008 1:32 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> thomas fisher wrote:
>
> > On Monday 14 January 2008 08:07:40 Bernard Peek wrote:
> >> Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> > Uh, it seems to me that it can't be "smart enough to start a new
> >> > thread" if it includes In-Reply-To or References headers, as that is,
> >> > by
> >> > definition, part of the old thread.  I think what he really means is
> >> > that
> >> > GMail completely ignores threading, and just groups by subject.  Ugh.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure about mailing lists, but Google Groups ignores threading
> >> > for newsgroup posts and sometimes loses all of the history of a
> thread,
> >> > posting a followup as if it was the start of a new thread. That
> causes
> >> > a certain amount of annoyance to people that use real newsreaders.
> >
> > I discern a need to remember our Ubuntu Code of Conduct:
>
> Excuse me?  Bashing people over the head with the CoC is hardly
> respectful.
> Especially when the complaints here have been about certain software, not
> the people using it.


Your rant was more personal in nature and was directed more towards Liam
than the software being discussed.

At least, that's the way it appeared to me.
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