> Uwe Brauer writes: > Are you sure you've got the right variable name? > `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' just means "don't build threads using the > subject header, only respect in-reply-to/references". Changing the > variable will not change message headers; in fact I'm not aware of any > Gnus variables or commands that will delete message headers. You are right, the references stay, however the resulting message is then displayed differently. Look at the following summary display ,---- | | []{ }O 57606 [ Uwe Braue] Uwe Brauer [[CV] (was: [Amnu 19]) ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:30:41 +0200 8.8k 6 | []{ }OA 57609 [ +henar de ] Uwe Brauer [ ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:35:45 +0000 10k 13 | []{ }O 57621 [ Uwe Braue] Uwe Brauer [[stuff] (was: [CV]) ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:04:34 +0200 9.4k 16 | []{ }O 57585 [ tex-d-l-r] tex-d-l@li [tex-d-l Nachrichtenkompil] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:07 +0200 13k 165 | []{ }O 57593 [ users ] oub@mat.uc [Subject: Digest of users@] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:00:27 +0000 (UTC) 38k 11 | []{ }O 57604 [ Gestión d] oub@mat.uc [COMUNICADO AUTOMÁTICO DE ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:13:27 +0200 (CEST) 5.0k 32 `---- Message 57621 was a reply to 57609, but since I change the subject and have now set gnus-thread-ignore-subject to nil, it is no longer part of the thread, so far so good. However what I don't understand why it is displayed before 57585 ??? In my opinion the thread should look like this ,---- | []{ }O 57606 [ Uwe Braue] Uwe Brauer [[CV] (was: [Amnu 19]) ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:30:41 +0200 8.8k 6 | []{ }OA 57609 [ +henar de ] Uwe Brauer [ ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:35:45 +0000 10k 13 | []{ }O 57585 [ tex-d-l-r] tex-d-l@li [tex-d-l Nachrichtenkompil] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:07 +0200 13k 165 | []{ }O 57593 [ users ] oub@mat.uc [Subject: Digest of users@] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:00:27 +0000 (UTC) 38k 11 | []{ }O 57604 [ Gestión d] oub@mat.uc [COMUNICADO AUTOMÁTICO DE ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:13:27 +0200 (CEST) 5.0k 32 | []{ }O 57621 [ Uwe Braue] Uwe Brauer [[stuff] (was: [CV]) ] Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:04:34 +0200 9.4k 16 `---- Since I have the following setting (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-date gnus-thread-sort-by-number)) Is this a bug or is there a variable I miss? I find the current behavior annoying Uwe