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Sandy changes the subject of an email so that it breaks a Gmail conversation - can I customize mail subject template?
As you probably know Gmail groups emails into conversations based on subject.
An email I get, is often a To-Do item. I want my inbox clean and postpone the action to a later date/time by forwarding it to Sandy and saying: "remind me in" the email body. (so that I can archive the conversation and concentrate on the stuff that is in my inbox and needs immediate action)
However, in the reminder Sandy adds "[reminder]" to the subject line and adds the reminder time. This breaks the conversation. Can I switch off this added information so that the email shows up in my inbox again _together with_ the rest of the conversation that has the information I need for the action?
An email I get, is often a To-Do item. I want my inbox clean and postpone the action to a later date/time by forwarding it to Sandy and saying: "remind me in" the email body. (so that I can archive the conversation and concentrate on the stuff that is in my inbox and needs immediate action)
However, in the reminder Sandy adds "[reminder]" to the subject line and adds the reminder time. This breaks the conversation. Can I switch off this added information so that the email shows up in my inbox again _together with_ the rest of the conversation that has the information I need for the action?
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Inappropriate?I've given it some thought meanwhile, let me add 2 points:
- The scenario I describe is one where I forward an email that 's already part of an existing Gmail conversation. The "remember in x time" phrase is not in the subject line, but in the body.
If the "remember in x time" phrase is in the subject line, there's no problem, if the "remember in x time" phrase is in the body, it _really_ would be handy if Sandy did _not_ change the subject line.
- The idea of having edit the template for the subject must have come from a nerd's mind (yeah that's me). The behaviour should be implicit. By limiting it to forwarded conversations as I described above, and possibly by limiting it to Gmail clients (although other clients have the ability to use threaded conversations). It should not be more complex than a checkbox "keep subject line intact" or something along the same lines.
I’m undecided
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Inappropriate?I've also read
http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...
meanwhile.
the email headers are added indeed, but that doesn't seem to work for Gmail...
The sent mail had
Message-ID: <bfda18900801100354i7d1d13bdt12d0f38a0...>
in the headers
the reply had
In-Reply-To: <bfda18900801100354i7d1d13bdt12d0f38a0...>
References: <bfda18900801100354i7d1d13bdt12d0f38a0...>
In the headers.
That apparently works fine for Outlook but not for Gmail...
I’m frustrated
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