Sharyn, >When you click on a message in collapsed mode and it comes up, ALL posts attached to it come up below it< Ahhh ... of course, yes. Actually it never ocurred to me that I can find all connected messages in a thread that way and see where the whole thing is 'splittable' (probably not really a word ... LOL). That's it! Thanks a lot Tilman -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Sharyn Hay An: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. Dezember 2006 15:31 Betreff: Re: [BAd] Problem with taking apart a thread ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tilman Brandl" <arbit@gmx.at> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [BAd] Problem with taking apart a thread snip > > My main question is: Is judging a message's position in a thread from indentations in collapsed view the one and only correct method? There's nothig else that would give me a clue, right? > > Any tips would be accepted most gratefully. > > Thanks > Tilman > When you click on a message in collapsed mode and it comes up, ALL posts attached to it come up below it. So, if a post attached to it pertains to the original post in the thread, and could not stand alone, then it is best to just fix subject lines and leave it alone. I agree with the person who said to fix subject lines first and then do the splitting. It quickly becomes clear whether later replies pertain to the original and make the thread, or portions of it, not splittable (is that a word, LOL?). I have old threads on boards that are 50+ replies long and cover 10 or more subjects. It takes practice to figure out ways to make sense of them but when you fix the subjects and re-arrange them as needed the posts become much easier to follow and it is worth the effort. Sometimes it just isn't possible and readers will have to figure them out. Regards, Sharyn