Problems using the "Arranged By: Conversation" option

[Shaun]

Hello all,

I recently reached a point with some long threads where they're broken into
so many conversation groups that I cannot use Arranged By: Conversation to
intelligently follow them. So I wanted ask if anyone knew how to
combine multiple conversation groups into one conversation group - for the
cases where Outlook doesn't handle it quite right. Alternatively, are there
any patches available for this? Seems like Outlook creates a new
conversation group each time a "Re:" is added to the subject line for the
same thread. Is there any way to change how/when Outlook adds a message to
an existing conversation vs. creating a new conversation for a message?
Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Shaun

 

[Diane Poremsky]

the conversation threading method outlook uses gets broken by non-outlook
clients. If subject grouping is also broken, then its more likely extra
spaces are added in front of the Re's so it looks like a new subject.

 

[Shaun]

Hi Diane,

Thanks for the info. Looks like you're absolutely correct with the
differing subject lines. When I look at the message headers for an
incorrectly grouped conversation I see this:

Subject: RE: Vote for Subversion
Subject: RE: Re: Vote for Subversion

Is there any way to automatically format leading "Re:"s and strip whitespace
in incoming Subject lines to get a correct conversation grouping? Sounds
like this could be a good enhancement if it's not currently available.

Thanks,
Shaun

Regards,
Shaun

 

[Knight37]

Is there any option to manually link multiple emails into the same
conversation? I know there is the Groups where you can specify colors
but that's not really what I want, I just want to be able to specify
that a set of messages belong together and when grouped by convo they
should be displayed together.

Hi Diane,

Thanks for the info.  Looks like you're absolutely correct with the
differing subject lines.  When I look at the message headers for an
incorrectly grouped conversation I see this:

Subject:  RE: Vote for Subversion
Subject:  RE:  Re: Vote for Subversion

Is there any way to automatically format leading "Re:"s and strip whitespace
in incoming Subject lines to get a correct conversation grouping?  Sounds
like this could be a good enhancement if it's not currently available.

Thanks,
Shaun

Regards,
Shaun

the conversation threading method outlook uses gets broken by non-outlook
clients. If subject grouping is also broken, then its more likely extra
spaces are added in front of the Re's so it looks like a new subject.

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[jbaltrus]

Hi Shaun,

I am having the exact same issue as you. Have you figured out if there is anyway to "fix" this.

Thanks,

Joel