[MlMt] Inconsistent message thread display

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 25 Feb 2018, at 22:18, Topher Buck wrote:

> I apologize if I’m being obtuse, but I still don’t think anyone 
> has addressed my essential point:

Fair enough.

>> “Organize by Thread” does not group all four messages together in 
>> the same way that clicking the “Thread” toolbar button does.
>
> So please allow me to restate the question: Is it “correct” (i.e., 
> would you expect or does MailMate’s observed behavior correspond to 
> specifications) that **View > Organize by Thread** does not produce 
> the same result that clicking the **Thread** (a.k.a. the “Find and 
> display messages from the same conversation”) toolbar button does?

Well, “Organize by Thread” only works on the messages in the current 
mailbox. If there are “missing links”, like sent messages, then it 
won't show the same thing as the “Thread” button does (which 
switches to the “All Messages” mailbox). It'll show multiple threads 
depending on the number of broken links.

Maybe that explains it?

> If yes, why would users expect different behavior from these two, very 
> similar-sounding actions?

They are, at least, based on the same thing (`Message-ID`/`In-Reply-To` 
relationships).

-- 
Benny
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