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Re: Old geeks and thread drift

From Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Old geeks and thread drift
Date 2026-04-04 13:14 -0700
Organization dis
Message-ID <10qrrfe$v3l1$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <10qobvo$1ut20$1@dont-email.me> <10qoqpa.116c.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <hck1tkt1f5m3enp4d9svfcbo01in5on14h@4ax.com> <10qrdm4.1dig.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <37s7amxqae.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

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On 4/4/26 09:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
> Restoring groups.
> 
> On 2026-04-04 16:19, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
>>> On 3 Apr 2026 14:45:38 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> [Followup to alt.unix.geeks ignored.]
>>>
>>> <<snipped>>
>>>
>>>> pee
>>>
>>> <<snipped>>
>>>
>>>   Yeah, and then there's those who don't quote enough of the previous
>>> post, or who don't quote *any* of it so you have to retrieve it,
>>> sometimes using their Headers to find out *which* post their reply is
>>> referring to.
>>
>>    Well, those people should get a *real* newsreader! :-)
>>
>>    BTW, I didn't know that Forte Agent doesn't have a 'go to parent'
>> function! In my newsreader (tin), I just press 'u' (up the thread) to
>> display the parent post.
> 
> Thunderbird doesn't have a button or key to do that. You have to 
> visually find it in threaded mode. And if the thread is big, it is 
> impossible (the lines are out of the window). You have to examine post 
> by post, going backwards.
> 
> 
	I had a problem the other night with Tb and an overly long thread.
I shut off the 'return to previous session' choice in my Desktop Manager
and that fixed it very well.  Then having fixed the problem I turned it
back on after rebooting.

	It is very big PIA and I hope that Thunderbird coders to which it was
reported by its own software can fix it.

bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2026.03- Linux 6.12.80 pclos1- KDE 
Plasma 6.6.3

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Old geeks and thread drift Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-03 05:31 -0700
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 10:37 -0400
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 14:45 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:05 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:27 -0400
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 19:29 +0000
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      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:48 +0000
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          Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-04 05:29 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-03 18:10 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:50 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-04 05:55 -0700
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-04 14:10 +0000
          Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-04 14:21 +0000
            Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> - 2026-04-04 15:57 +0000
              Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-04 14:00 -0700
                Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:17 +0000
                Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-05 10:42 -0700
                Wayland vs. X11 (Was: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift)) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-05 18:28 +0000
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                Re: Top posting Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-05 10:00 +0100
                Re: Top posting Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:41 +0000
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 18:43 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:20 +0200
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    Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 18:52 +0200
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-04 18:10 +0100
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:14 +0200
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-04 13:14 -0700
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:26 +0000

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