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

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

-- 
Mike Easter

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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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