Why do messages get disconnected from threads?
Doug Kanter
various newsgroups, I'll sometimes see a subject line like "Re: Whatever the
subject was", but the message I'm seeing isn't displayed in a hierarchy
beneath the original post. At the same time, other threads *are* arranged
correctly (original post, with responses in steps beneath). What causes this
disconnection? Posting from google or something?
Ted Zieglar
usenet itself and the capabilities of your ISP's news server. IMHO, usenet
was not originally designed for the volume of traffic it processes now.
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"Doug Kanter" <ancien...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Gerry Cornell
Using the wrong message option i.e.. using "new message and not "reply to"
and persons replying to messages others have long forgotten are probably
the most common reasons.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"Doug Kanter" <ancien...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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PA Bear
It usually occurs when the "references" in a Reply To posts headers have
been stripped out somehow. (Here's the references line from Ted's reply to
your post: "References: <9cuzf.1078$wk5...@news02.roc.ny>").
It can also occur when someone makes a new post with a subject identical to
one of an already ongoing thread (though oddly enough sometimes these do get
threaded into the old thread).
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Doug Kanter
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> Assuming you have "Group messages by conversation" enabled:
Yep, and it works fine for the vast majority. It's these posts which have
drifted away from the original threads that are so annoying.
Oh well. I'm just bitching. I know the problem's not in my computer. Done
bitching now. :)
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
And besides those, sometimes OE just gets confused and doesn't thread
properly.
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Michael Santovec
subject that starts Re:.
If you look at the Message Source (Ctrl-F3) and there is no
References:
header, then this is the first message of the thread
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"Doug Kanter" <ancien...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Robert Aldwinckle
There are several common causes, some of which have been
mentioned already by previous responders. The most likely cause
is people doing a search using the MS web interface to newsgroups
and adding a "Me too!" to an ancient thread which has been retained
longer than the retention period of the NNTP server that you are using.
E.g., open the newsgroup in the web interface and do a search with
some of the message's distinctive words or names. You will probably find
that the new post has a recent date and the messages in the rest of the
thread have a date which is over 3 months old.
Tip: you can also use a Message-ID from the References: header
as a search term for the Google Groups Advanced search page to find
the origin of even older threads or prove that posts originated via
cross-posting, etc.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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Doug Kanter
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> Besides what the others have said, some people start a new thread with a
> subject that starts Re:.
>
> If you look at the Message Source (Ctrl-F3) and there is no
> References:
> header, then this is the first message of the thread
So, it's OK to say obscene things to these monkeys? I'd very much like to,
sometimes.