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Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup?
Date	2026-05-09 22:29 +0200
Organization	Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
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On 2026-05-09 17:52, Mike Easter wrote:
> nobody@nonospam.org wrote:
>> threading in newsgroups
> 
> To me, 'threading' is an ambiguous term. Its /actual/ meaning is 
> 'sorting by References' -- as opposed to sorting by any of a number of 
> other alternatives, such as date, subject, From, etc.
> 
> And, again, personally, I prefer to do my sorting 'otherwise' than by 
> references.
> 
> So, for my understanding, in order to understand what you want to do, 
> you would (perhaps) change your premise term from threading to sorting.
> 

Threading is unique. The difference is how you sort the threads.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? nobody@nonospam.org - 2026-05-09 10:43 -0500
  Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? Bill H <billh@domain.is.invalid> - 2026-05-09 08:51 -0700
    Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? nobody@nonospam.org - 2026-05-09 12:35 -0500
  Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-09 08:52 -0700
    Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-09 22:29 +0200
      Re: How to thread (or not) messages in a newsgroup? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-09 15:18 -0700

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