[Alpine-info] Alpine can thread an older message after a newer message.

[Eduardo Chappa]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Matt Ackeret wrote:


:) 

:) I have probably mentioned this in the past, but there's some case where 

:) alpine threads older messages as after newer messages:

:) 

:) + A 31329 Dec 20     . XXXXXXXXXXXX     (2K) iPod Touch

:) +   31330 Dec 17       |-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ  (6K) Fwd: iPod Touch


First, you need to get rid of a misconception. Alpine does not sort. 
Alpine *groups* messages according to some rules. In the case of 
threading, the two messages above have the same "base subject" (remove the 
Fwd: string from the second message, you get the same subject as in the 
first message).

This follows the rules of RFC 5259. You need to contact either Mark 
Crispin IMAP+SORT+THREAD at Lingling.Panda.COM or Kent Munchison 
murch at andrew.cmu.edu to explain to them that their algorithm does not 
produce the expected results. If they change the algorithm, then a change 
in Alpine will have to be done to account for this.

-- 
Eduardo
http://staff.washington.edu/chappa/alpine/