In a message dated 12/5/2006 9:58:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, arbit@gmx.at writes: Joan, you wrote: > If you move part of a thread--all messages that follow the one you move in the thread will move along with it to a new position on the board. Any replies attached at an earlier point in the thread will not move. < Understood, at least I guess so. Anyway, to rephrase my question from an earlier message: In order to distinguish between "messages that follow the one you move" and "replies attached at an earlier point in the thread" all I need to do is looking at the indentations in collapsed view? This is where I felt a bit unsecure, especially with a list of several messages that are not indented. If I understand it correctly, these all are not connected to each other but each of them only and directly to the first message in the thread? Thanks Tilman I'll try to show you with an example: A B C D E F G H Let's say the above is a thread of messages on a board. B is a reply to A and C a reply to B and D a reply to C and E a reply to D. F is a reply to B and G a reply to F. H is a reply to A. Let's say all of the thread fits together as a thread until post C which changes topic but is suitable for the current board and D and E should remain attached to C. If you move post C to a new location on the board D and E will automatically move with it, but F, G, and H will not because they are in reply to (directly attached to) posts that precede the one you are moving in the thread. If you move post D only E will move with it. If you move B everything will move with it except for A and H. If you want to move C but D and E should stand on their own in separate threads--then move E first to a new original spot on the board, then D, and the finally C. The one thing you can't do is break up a thread and leave what is left of it (following the moved post) within the same thread where it was originally. In other words---maybe C should move but D and E belong in the original thread--in that case you are best leaving the thread alone because you can't reconstruct it after moving a post in the middle. Joan