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From: MICHAEL@UTORONTO.BITNET (Michael Wagner)
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Subject: Re: Two more items for the wish list
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Date: 17 Jan 90 16:21:41 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue, 16 Jan 90 17:55:56 EST from <NJG@CORNELLA>

>I'm not sure I agree about this being ok. Since "*A" and " A" have the
>same subject, but one is/should be written after the other I'd rather
>that the "*" or " " column not be included in the sort and that the
>GMT date/time field be used as a secondary sort field (such that " A"
>always preceeded "*A").

Since this is wishlist time, I'd rather have the messages sorted into
"thread" order, i.e. use the string of "in-reply-to" message-ids
where available, and only use the GMD time/date logic when
in-reply-to is not available or not tracable.  This would also
alert you to messages that were "orphans"

Michael