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More than one subject appears in the same thread but both subjects have similar lists of senders.

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dannas
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The question says it all. When one group of people starts chiming in on two subjects, all the responses appear in a single thread. How do I get Thunderbird to thread by subject only?

The question says it all. When one group of people starts chiming in on two subjects, all the responses appear in a single thread. How do I get Thunderbird to thread by subject only?

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Set the pref mail.strict_threading to false via Config Editor. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/config-editor

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Set the pref mail.strict_threading to false via Config Editor. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/config-editor

dannas
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Followed instructions and found the file with preferences. Changed the mail.strict threading to false, restarted Thunderbird but the threading is unchanged.