"Twayne" wrote in message
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"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message

There is a thread that I can see (in pieces) when "Group Messages by
Conversation" is not set, but I cannot see it when "Group Messages by
Conversation" is set.

I assume I am doing something wrong. But what is it?

When messages are Grouped by Conversation, then ALL messages in that
conversation are show under only one message Subject. That will be the
earliest message still on the server.
Then, under that, if you click the + to the left, are all the unred
responses to the one showing on top. Since it's a group, all the posts in
the group are represented by only the one earliest one, with the others
rolled up under it.

But if messages are not grouped by conversation, then every message is
shown and there is no grouping of messages by the Subject Line to show
which ones are responses or later then the preceding one. You see every
message available to you all at the same time.

Grouped:

message 1 (shows in pane)
Click the + on the left and the following
message 2
message 3
message 4
and so on will roll down.
4 responds to 3, 3 to 2, 2 to 1, or whomever they decide they wish to
respond to.

Ungrouped:

Message 10
Message 4
Message 1
Message 8
Message 3
Message 6
Message 2
and so on. Here you can't really tell which messages are part of one
thread or stand on their own or what.

That help any?

Unfortunately, setting the flag on a message down inside a group, doesn't
flag earlier posts in that thred, nor anything earlier than the message
flagged by the user; only older message get the flag. I think it's dumb
too, since flagging every message would make the entire group easier to
find. I usually do that by using Edit; Find and looking for the subject.

HTH,

Twayne`


What messages are seen, depends on whether Hide unread messages is selected.
Lets assume that Show all messages is selected.
'earliest message still on the server' should be 'earliest message still on
the your computer'. Not all of the messages may have been downloaded or
some may have been deleted.
--
Ron Sommer