On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:55:23 +0200, Victor Sack wrote:

> Steve Wertz <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
>> I have the most advanced newsreader around, and have it set so
>> that it starts a new thread when the subject changes.
>
> Which is nonsense - and I daresay you know it better than anyone.

No, really *do* have it set that way!

> Usenet threading has always been by references, not by subject headers.

And for the last 15 years, there have newsreaders that allow you
to split the thread if the subject changes.

> Any newsreader not threading by references is broken by definition.

That's just plain malarkey, and you know it. Why do people
change subjects? Because the subject of the thread has changed.
By your logic, all topics should be in one big thread.

> Any
> subthreads, including those with a changed subject header, can be easily
> set to be auto-tagged/killed in any good newsreader. You have crippled
> your "most advanced newsreader around" for no good reason at all and are
> now blaming someone else.

Uh-huh, whatever you say, Vic.

-sw