on 7/28/2011 11:04 AM Les Mikesell spake the following: > On 7/28/2011 12:57 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> On 07/28/2011 06:53 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> But the thing I'd like mailers to do is to call attention to messages >>> that belong to a thread where I've replied earlier. Is there a way to >>> get thunderbird to do that? >>> >> >> yes, I mark email threads I am interested in with a flag, and its easy >> to workout new emails in threads with a flag. Does not help if threads >> are all over the place though. > > I don't want to mark anything, I want the mailer to know that I am > interested in replies to my own messages. And I generally read/reply on > an assortment of different computers with a common imap server so it > would have to track the references to get it right. > > I thought newsreaders used to do this long ago, but it has been a long > time since I've used one. > I look to see if lists I am interested in are on gmane, and then subscribe there with a newsreader. It is much easier to keep threading intact.