Re: Why NNTP is not default protocol for php groups

Curt Zirzow wrote: > * Thus wrote T. H. Grejc (php@1203.qwe.uni.cc): >> Justin Patrin wrote: >> >The threading works just fine. The problem is that users have ignorant >> >mail software that don't set the thread headers correctly. Even >> >newsgroup client software might do this. This is *not* the server's >> >fault in any way, shape, or form. >> >> Sure it's not servers fault, knowing that news.php.net is not *real* >> news server. It is mailing list mirror. News server dont make threads >> based on subject like mailing list, but based on message header field. > > The servers don't make threads, its the client software that is > responsible for following up to and displaying threads, properly. > > > Curt You could also build your own client using PHP displaying threads by using the imap_thread function which will return the structure of the mails. But you will have serious performance troubles as you are only allowed to fetch all headers at once :-( -- red