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  1. Bug #320034
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 320034

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In , Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > Thunderbird threading doesn't work well for Launchpad bugmail. All the bugmail
> > for one bug is in a thread, except the initial mail, which is sepparated.
> >
> > Looks like the issue may be the initial mail having a References header
> > referencing itself, e.g.:
>
> RFC 822 states "4.6.3. REFERENCES
> The contents of this field identify other correspondence which this message
> references. Note that if message identifiers are used, they must use the msg-id
> specification format." (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc822/#z33).
>
> Personally, seems like Launchpad is doing something wrong here by referencing
> itself in the first mail. Can't this be fixed at the Launchpad level? If
> Launchpad was open source, I'd even submit a patch.

... LP will be opened on 21st Jul 09!

Anyway, even though we can fix this on launchpad side too (and yes, we should) all other mailers i have tested get this threading right; just tbird is confused by a References: to itself.