[MlMt] Inconsistent message thread display

[Eric Sharakan]

On 26 Feb 2018, at 4:32, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> 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.

I'm not seeing the Thread button switch to the "All Messages" mailbox 
unless I also have the option key pressed.  Actually, it apparently 
follows the Default Mailbox setting of the search bar.

-Eric

>
> 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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