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Rails Griddler and conversation / email threading

I'm trying to work out how best to connect / thread a chain of emails. This seems like such a common problem that I was surprised that I couldn't easily locate information on how other people have dealt with it. The only thing I found was a post…
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What's a good set of heuristics for threading tweets?

Everyone knows, if you want to thread emails you use Jamie Zawinski's algorithm. But it's a new century, and there's a new messaging service. What's the best algorithm for threading status updates posted on Twitter? Things I'd definitely like it to…
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Algorithm for organizing emails into threads?

Are there any named/famous/particularly good algorithms for organizing email messages into threads? I'm looking to add a feature to my site similar to Google Groups (and other mailing lists) and I was just wondering if there were any published…
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How to cause sent emails to appear threaded in GMail recipient's view with Message-ID, In-Reply-To and References

I've read some great online resources like http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html, and it seems that any email is send with a Message-ID header, then any replies to it include In-Reply-To naming that ID and Refences which can name a list of parent…
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SendGrid API v3: Reply to a thread

I am trying to send an email as a reply to a previous thread using SendGrid v3 APIs. But it always shows as a new email thread in Outlook. I am using "Message-ID", "In-Reply-To" and "References" fields but it always fails to show under single…
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Cannot start a mail thread (reply to a mail) using nodemailer (gmail)

I am using nodemailer to send emails. But I would like to send reply to a mail (start a new thread).I have tried sending reply to a mail using the below code var nodemailer = require('nodemailer'); const subject = 'Hey I am test'; var transporter…
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PHP Imap: Threaded Email Conversations

I'm new to IMAP functions in PHP and I am tasked to build some ticketing site. I get the basic email fetching part but I kinda stumbled on the "Threaded Conversation View" hurdle. I need to be able to present the emails (both sent and received) in a…
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How to use thread search method in imaplib?

I want to create a gmail client with the ability to view emails as conversations (threads). In imaplib, there is a method: IMAP4.thread(threading_algorithm, charset, search_criterion[, ...]) I think it could be the solution. Anybody has experience…
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Email difference algorithm

I would like to replicate gmails functionality to "magically" not show irrelevant quoted stuff in emails but still showing mostly relevant stuff. Are there any libraries which can help me find the text that is actually new and should be shown? Or do…
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Is there any open source tool that automatically 'detects' email threading like Gmail?

For instance, if the original message (message 1) is... Hey Jon, Want to go get some pizza? -Bill And the reply (message 2) is... Bill, Sorry, I can't make lunch today. Jonathon Parks, CTO Acme Systems On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:43 PM,…
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Email threading

I'm working at a helpdesk application where i have a standalone script that queries a mail server and parses the mail it finds there. I'm facing the following issue: How do i figure it out in a reliable way what mail is in reply to what mail? I…
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Mailgun: How to keep track of the Message-ID (and References and In-Reply-To) to build threads

I am using mailgun API. I want to keep thread when I reply to mail using Mailgun API. Let me explain. I fetch mail using IMAP. I have message_id,subject,text,sender mail etc. Now I reply to that mail using Mailgun API. Here i face problem. I replied…
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IIS application pool crashes several times a day

I have an application that has a application pool that shuts down a couple of times a day and I can't figure out why. the website is hosted on a VM with SQL Server R2. the version of IIS is 7 and the website has a dedicated application pool using…
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Question about email threading when references and in-reply-to headers are missing

I tried to search for similar questions in SO, and also on the web, but no hits. tl;dr: What happens in the threading logic when both, references and in-reply-to headers are not available (missing/null)? Is it possible that the email service…
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Sorting email threads in django using mail header information

I have a django app that stores email threads. When I parse the original emails from an mbox and insert them into the database I include the email header parameters 'message-id' and 'in-reply-to'. The message-id is a unique string that identifies…
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