[OT] NNTP client and threading

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> Even in the presence of "In-Reply-To", "References" is still useful 
> when different parties see different Message-IDs (e.g. due to 
> mailing-list gateways). That way, replies (except top-level replies) 
> will still at least be nested in the right thread instead of 
> appearing as a new thread.

ah, really, i forgot that msgid can be changed by some intermediary. 
tnx.

i think that we should have an article on wiki for client writers. no, 
really, some knowledge is here but never written, so people like me 
have to figure it out each time. not that there are so many client 
writers, of course, but... oh, ok, i guess that i'll write a short 
summary on this later. ;-)