[OT] Broken newsgroup threads in Thunderbird 3?

[Alix Pexton]

On 15/12/2009 23:30, retard wrote:
> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:16:05 +0000, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>
>> On 15/12/09 22:25, MikeyMoose wrote:
>>> Lionello Lunesu Wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is anybody else here experiencing problems with Thunderbird 3 RC? On
>>>> my laptop many post that are clearly replies to an existing thread
>>>> appear as new top-level posts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm getting that as well.  Started when I upgraded to 3.0.
>>>
>>> m
>>
>> Same issue here, I don't know if it's because the posters are using
>> Thunderbird 3 or because it's not laying out threads properly, or even
>> if the server's at fault and Thunderbird 2 relied on buggy behaviour...
>> I guess we'll see if this post becomes top level (Posted using TB3).
>
> Probably the previous versions of Thunderbird somehow inferred the
> correct thread even when the post was sent with a broken client. Some
> posts seem to erroneously become top level no matter what client I use.
> This whole mess started when the web interface was introduced.

I did a bit of googling and found this page,

http://www.pythian.com/news/4205/testing-thunderbird-3-what-to-do-if-it-shreds-your-threads/

I'm about to try it, fingers crossed ^^

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