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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Change Apple Mail or AOL settings for better threads?
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 13:52:22 -0700
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On 2025-05-26 10:34, Chris wrote:
> Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Correct. I have correspondents in other countries with different prefixes
> for "Re:" yet the emails thread just fine.
> 
>> I have no idea though if AOL or AppleMail messes that up for you.
> 
> It could be Apple Mail. I have one person who uses Apple Mail and their
> responses always come as an attachment and often not in the thread.
Sounds like a user problem.

I use Apple Mail and it works just fine.