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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Change Apple Mail or AOL settings for better threads?
Date: 27 May 2025 00:59:47 GMT
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On 2025-05-26, 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:" headeri

You're thinking of the "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.

The way to tell is easy enough: Highlight (view) the message in Apple
Mail, choose View > Message > All Headers (or Raw Source), and look for
the "Reply-To" header.

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JR