> > Perhaps your newsreader can get confused if a thread contains a > > mixture of posts with and without reference headers. > > > > Mike Williams <[email protected]> > > Since it's threading the posts by using the reference headers, then > of course it won't thread them if they don't match with what it's > expecting. > > I suspect you've got Turnpike set to "thread by subject," which > would account for your seeing it correctly threaded even though > the references are broken. > > Christopher Jahn Turnpike threads by reference when the references are present, which they are in the particular post that you complained about. It's only the [email protected] postings in this thread that have no references. -- Mike Williams Gentleman of Leisure

> > > Perhaps your newsreader can get confused if a thread contains a > > > mixture of posts with and without reference headers. > > > > > > Mike Williams <[email protected]> > > > > Since it's threading the posts by using the reference headers, then > > of course it won't thread them if they don't match with what it's > > expecting. > > > > I suspect you've got Turnpike set to "thread by subject," which > > would account for your seeing it correctly threaded even though > > the references are broken. > > > > Christopher Jahn > > Turnpike threads by reference when the references are present, which > they are in the particular post that you complained about. It's > only the [email protected] postings in this thread that have no > references. > > Mike Williams I agree that this is a positively _fascinating_ discussion of newsreaders and their failings and/or problems caused by AOL. Still'n'all ... Mr. Chairman, I move cloture. [ The Moderator agrees, though I'll prolly let through any last messages in the queue. Ultimately, this discussion prolly belongs over in soc.genealogy.computing/GENCMP-L, because it does seem to involve computing and is only tangentially related to genealogical research methods ... - Mod ] Cheryl singhals <[email protected]>