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echo: barktopus
to: Glenn Meadows
from: Robert Comer
date: 2004-11-09 12:10:08
subject: Re: Documentation for innd?

From: "Robert Comer" 

>I do threaded, by subject, and then just skip to Next Unread.

As I said, that doesn't work at all for accessing from multiple computers.

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:4190ce2f{at}w3.nls.net...
>I do threaded, by subject, and then just skip to Next Unread.  That way,
>all
> the conversations are grouped together, and it's easy in a whole subject I
> want to skip, is scroll to the bottom of the particular subject,
> shift-click
> on the last one, and then Ctrl-Q (mark all read) to clear all of a subject
> that I'm not interested in.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:41902028$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I don't do threaded, I sort by date and time.
>>
>> > In the case up thread I see Geo's post up thread of yours, but yours
>> > displays an earlier date/time. So the logical order is correct.
>>
>> And in my view Glenn's answer to you is before your post.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> news:418feca6{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > By 'questions after answers' I mean in your display rather than
> timewise.
>> >
>> > In the case up thread I see Geo's post up thread of yours, but yours
>> > displays an earlier date/time. So the logical order is correct.
>> >
>> > If you're seeing wrong threading then something is broken either in
>> > your
>> > software or configuration.
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> > news:418fe65d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>> You'll never see questions after answers, so the
problem is a minor
> one.
>> >>> IMO.
>> >>
>> >> ??  I do all the time.  (I do a lot in newsgroups, especially
>> >> microsoft
>> >> ones, so it's not just barktopus)
>> >>
>> >> - Bob Comer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
>> >> news:418fd7ef$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> >>> news:418facae$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>>>>The protocol still works and the messages
appear in the right order.
>> >>>>>The date is really FYI.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> No it doesn't, not if you have it set to view in
date/time order,
> which
>> >>>> is what I always do.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> - Bob Comer
>> >>>
>> >>> You'll never see questions after answers, so the
problem is a minor
> one.
>> >>> IMO.
>> >>>
>> >>> Paul
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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