On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 13:33 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> Wow, this is just completely brain-damaged on so many levels. So people
> who do, and who don't, have that box checked will receive the same
> message with *different* Message-Id: headers?
> 
> If one of them replies, the In-Reply-To: threading header in their
> reply will refer to a message that *doesn't* exist in the other
> person's mailbox. This kind of explains why threading was so broken for
> messages on the list, with some response getting 'lost' because they
> were detached from the thread. This does not facilitate effective
> communication.
> 
> Did nobody at groups.io ever stop and think this through? Can it really
> not be turned off for the whole list? Why on earth did we move the list
> to somewhere that can't even get the *basics* right?

Ah, so it's not *quite* as broken as that, because it does only mangle
a user's *own* messages back to them; not all messages to them.

So threading works a bit.... except for threads you *participate* in.
Yay!

But at least opting out can mostly isolate an individual from the
adverse effects of this strangeness, and it isn't inflicted upon us
(much) by others who haven't opted out.


> Should I offer to set one up @lists.infradead.org?

Offer still stands :)