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   Anton Shepelev to Tommi Koivula   
   Threading   
   08 Jul 16 15:36:58   
   
   Tommi Koivula:   
   AS>> Having  compared  the contents of this echo as reported   
   AS>> from JamNNPTd with those visible from  Tommi  Koivula's   
   AS>> proper  news server, I began to suspect JamNNTPd of re-   
   AS>> moving part of threading information stored in the Ref-   
   AS>> erences: header.   
   AS>>   
   AS>> For  example,  the  discussion titled "Line indents" is   
   AS>> present as a single connteced  hierarchical  thread  in   
   AS>> Tommi's server whereas in JanNNTPd it is torn into four   
   AS>> such threads, the three posts that are wrongly  without   
   AS>> the References: header being:   
   AS>>   
   AS>>                 <933$jamnntpd@JamNNTPd>   
   AS>>                 <947$jamnntpd@JamNNTPd>   
   AS>>                 <951$jamnntpd@JamNNTPd>   
   AS>>   
   AS>> On  Tommi's  newsserver,  however,  these posts do have   
   AS>> correct References: .   
   TK> I believe JamNNTPd relies on  fidonet-compatible  reply-   
   TK> linking  here.   And if there are no correct MSGID/REPLY   
   TK> kludges in the JAM message base, the  references  cannot   
   TK> be correct either.   
      
   I see, but why would the same articles be threaded correctly   
   on your proper newsserver, hal.mine.nu ?   
      
   >   Please remember, JamNNTPd is not usenet news.  It  is  a   
   >   nntp fidonet client. ;)   
      
   Of  course, but threading is so useful that I wanted to know   
   what is going on.   
      
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