On Wednesday 04 October 2006 22:16, "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" 
<vgivanovic@comcast.net> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] How to play flac 
files?':
> I don't know about you, but I don't look at headers like References. So,
> if the subject differ and the mailer says one is a reply to the other, I
> consider that a bug.

And that would make you wrong according to the relevant standards and RFCs.

Differing subject within the same thread is a *desired feature* of email, 
and has been for a long time.  As has the reverse (different threads w/ 
the same subject).

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