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How to Thread Message Lists in The Bat!

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In any discussion, one message follows the other.

When more than one discussion takes place (on a mailing list, for example), they can interfere with each other. When you read list messages chronologically, you have to jump between discussions.

This is where threading can help. It groups messages that belong to one discussion or thread and allows you to read them in their logical rather than a pure chronological order.

Thread Message Lists in The Bat!

To turn threading on for a particular mailbox in The Bat!:

  • select View | View threads by | References (standard) from the menu in The Bat!.
    • Alternatively, press Alt-1.
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