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Subject: Re: Change Apple Mail or AOL settings for better threads?
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 10:29:32 +0200
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On 26.05.25 08:48, Your Name wrote:
> On 2025-05-26 06:36:47 +0000, Bernd Froehlich said:
>> On 25. May 2025 at 03:19:24 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi we have a group email and one lady uses AOL Mail and instead of her
>>> replies starting with "Re" they start with "Reply" so her msgs don't get
>>> included in the thread with every body else's, its like she started a
>>> new thread.
>>>
>>> Is there any setting I can change in Apple Mail to see a "Reply" msg the
>>> same as a "Re" msg? Or does any body know of a setting in AOL Mail that
>>> we can ask her to change? Email is supposed to use "Re" right?? Thank you.
>>
>> Email is supposed to include an "In-Reply-To:" header that should be used
>> to build the thread tree. The subject-line should not be necessary for
>> threading.
>>
>> I have no idea though if AOL or AppleMail messes that up for you.
> 
> I have seen people doing all sorts of weird things, so it might be that 
> the person is creating a new message with a manually typed subject 
> (perhaps pasting in any previous text) or manually editing the subject 
> after clicking the 'Reply' button.

This is total speculation.

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