OT: Google Groups not Threading

[Clif McIrvin]

Notes on 25 May 2011

The "New Google Groups" UI does not thread correctly, but the old UI
still does.

From the old Google Groups UI there is a link to switch to the
"new Google Groups" but I am not aware of a link to get from the new
UI to the old UI.

I just spent a few minutes trying to learn how to get back to the old
google groups from the new groups .... and I didn't find a link to get
there from here.

The URL for the new UI looks something like this:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/«groupname» or
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/«groupname»

https://groups.google.com/group/«groupname»/topics

for example:
https://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.excel/topics

Using the 'group' (instead of the 'forum') form of the URL will take
you to the old UI, which as of May 2011 does thread correctly.


To be precise, the old UI includes the NNTP "References:" header, but
the new UI includes a "In-Reply-To:" header instead, which follows a
different format.

Posts from Google Groups seem to include this header:
Organization: http://groups.google.com

 

[Lynz]

Notes on 25 May 2011

The "New Google Groups" UI does not thread correctly, but the old UI
still does.

From the old Google Groups UI there is a link to switch to the
"new Google Groups" but I am not aware of a link to get from the new
UI to the old UI.

I just spent a few minutes trying to learn how to get back to the old
google groups from the new groups .... and I didn't find a link to get
there from here.

The URL for the new UI looks something like this:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/«groupname» or
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/«groupname»

https://groups.google.com/group/«groupname»/topics

for example:
https://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.excel/topics

Using the 'group' (instead of the 'forum') form of the URL will take
you to the old UI, which as of May 2011 does thread correctly.


To be precise, the old UI includes the NNTP "References:" header, but
the new UI includes a "In-Reply-To:" header instead, which follows a
different format.

Posts from Google Groups seem to include this header:
Organization: http://groups.google.com

I find its much easier if you just use a newsreader and dont bother with
google groups.

 

[Phil]

I find its much easier if you just use a newsreader and dont bother with

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Unless you can't have one installed....

 

[Jim Cone]

Outlook Express is included with older versions of Internet Explorer/Windows.
It is not included with Windows Vista/Windows 7.

Go to Start | Run and enter: msimn
If you have it, Outlook Express will start up.

--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.mediafire.com/PrimitiveSoftware
(free and commercial excel programs)





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