On 2/1/06, David Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 2/1/06, David Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Since we upgraded to 14.4, we've had some complaints about the table > > of contents in the web interface. > > > > Many times, a subject that is (as far as I can tell) indentical will > > get separate listings in the table of contents. > > > > Our most recent week can be seen at: > > > > http://www.hmssurprise.org/wa.cgi?A1=ind0602a&L=gunroom > > > > Examples of the subjects that I would not have expected to be in > > separate lines are: "Gathering of lissuns in Indianapolis?', 'A > > general thank-you' and 'A New Convert (Long and 'ware Spoilers)' > > > > Is this something we can modify with a setting? If not, I'd like to > > suggest that it's a bug. > > Darn it. I should have done a little more checking first. If I > select 'Most recent first' all like subjects are together. > > I don't understand fully why that isn't the case with the > 'Chronological order' setting, though. I was too quick with my 'darn it'. It doesn't matter whether I select chronological, or most recent first. The sort by topic selection has a number of split up entries in the table of contents. Some topics are listed more than once, with some of the messages in the topic under one listing, and others in other listings. I can't discern anything in the posting to explay why this should be so. You can see what I mean by going to our archives, at the link above. One example is the 'Boiled baby' topic (boiled baby is a type of dessert, BTW ;-) ) -- David Phillips Molon Labe ! 35° 46' N , 78° 48'W Lose Not A Minute!