Re: Problems with gnus-registry

[Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com>]

>>>>> "TZ" == Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

   TZ> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:41:51 -0500 Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> wrote: 
   Jake> I believe that my correspondent's email is processed via a really
   Jake> old version of MS Exchange Server.  I'm wondering if the old
   Jake> Exchange Servers did not act as a proper MUA.  We'll be upgrading
   Jake> our Exchange Server in the next few weeks so we'll see if that
   Jake> helps.

   TZ> I don't know how Exchange does references, sorry...  You see the
   TZ> problem: only sender/subject tracking can help you if there are no
   TZ> references.  I think Exchange has some sort of thread ID mechanism,
   TZ> but I didn't see it in the message you forwarded.  cc-ing ding in case
   TZ> someone has ideas.

Ted,

If I send an email, does the registry track anything about the sent email so
that it knows where to possibly file a reply?  Or is it only anything
sent/received after that initial reply is processed (that is, that something
was done to it to cause the registry to see it) that will be auto-filed by
the registry?

Here is what I am getting to:

1) I sent an email from a specific group but nothing was entered into the
   registry at all.  If so, how will replies end up in the same group?

2) If I send email from the main gnus page (outside of any specific group) or
   from a group that does not specify a gcc-self, the email has an automatic
   gcc-self of an Archive group.  In this way, I automatically have a copy of
   all emails that I send.  Does this automatic copy to an Archive group mean
   that my replies might end up there as well?  If so, that's an issue.  I
   rarely, if ever, go to the Archive group unless I need to see when a
   message was sent.

Related to my original problem, if I track the extras of subject and sender,
are those guaranteed to work regardless of whether Exchange screws up the
standard headers?

...Jake

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