[OT] Rafiq emails to list

[Tom H]

>>>> And anyone using gmail *please* show Rafiq how to configure his gmail
>>>> client to respond to the original threads so that he doen't keep
>>>> spawning a new thread each time he replies to something?

>>> I don't understand this...I usually copy the same subject matter so as
>>> not to start new threads - I'm using Evolution and it works fine for
>>> me.

>> Threading is not done by Subject line - it's usually done by  a
>> References: line in the header of the post. GMail gets this totally
>> wrong and uses the Subject, which is dire, frankly.

This has nothing to do with Gmail. Yes, it groups/threads emails based
on subject in its web interface (frustratingly) but it respects header
references nonetheless.

The clue to Rafiq' problem is, quoting him from above:
"I usually copy the same subject matter so as not to start new threads"