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Re: asterisks in sort by threads



On (11:19 28/03/06), Andrew Haninger wrote:
> On 3/28/06, Dave Woodfall <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What does an asterisk denote when sorting posts by threads? It looks a
> > little like
> >
> > |-*>
> It designates a "broken thread".
> 
> Normally there are headers to tell mutt where messages go in a thread.
> If these headers aren't there but the subject of the message is the
> same as another, mutt guesses that this message is part of a thread
> and puts it in a thread with that asterisk in the index.
> 
> HTH. (There is further discussion online if you search around a bit.)
> 
> -Andy
> 

Ok, thanks for the info

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