[Imap-protocol] Optimistic incremental THREAD=REFERENCES

[Timo Sirainen]

On May 10, 2008, at 1:14 AM, Mark Crispin wrote:


> On Sat, 10 May 2008, Timo Sirainen wrote:

>>> The subject-joining rule magnifies this. Personally I didn't  

>>> imnplement the subject-joining bit.

>> Me neither. That generates more complexity and I'd rather drop the  

>> subject merging completely (my X-REFERENCES2 threading algorithm  

>> does that).

>

> Now, with that said, I do not object to the creation and  

> publications of a new threading algorithm that is identical to  

> REFERENCES but omits the subject consolidation step.  I would  

> probably implement it, especially if it really is identical modulo  

> that step.


That's what I meant with my reply (but I guess I misunderstood Arnt's  
reply about it). THREAD=REFERENCES works as standardized, but slower  
than THREAD=REFERENCES2.

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