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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 algorithms for such organizing. I know it would probably be fairly easy to roll my own, but there can be a big difference in user experience between a passable algorithm and a good one.
Bonus points for an algorithm already implemented in ruby!
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An email thread is a single email conversation that starts with an original email, (the beginning of the conversation), and includes all of the subsequent replies and forwards pertaining to that original email.
An email thread is the “chain” comprised of the original message, responses, and forwarded messages. Email threading tools group related messages together for ease of review.
jwz_threading looks like exactly what you're asking for. I haven't used it.
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