If you are using Apple Mail, as I am, it doesn't natively handle Mailman digest messages from the list. If you hit reply, it then replies to the *entire* digest ala "Re: P-List Digest, Vol..." and thus creates a new thread instead of building upon the previous by using the same subject line.

What I generally try to do in Apple Mail is:

1. select the part of the digest I wish to reply to by drag selecting the text
2. hit reply
3. copy the subject line from the individual message in I'm replying to in the digest email body & replace the subject line in the new message
4. adjust the To: line as needed, copy paste the name/email address to whom I want to reply to directly and move the Pd-list to CC, as needed

On Feb 10, 2022, at 6:37 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

Message: 3 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:37:34 -0500 From: Samuel Burt <composer.samuel.burt@gmail.com mailto:composer.samuel.burt@gmail.com> To: Pd-list <pd-list@lists.iem.at mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at> Subject: Re: [PD] ?fan-out (was Re: Pd-list Digest, Vol 203, Issue 12) Message-ID: <CAFwwLiS=q1KdwDfutDtVAUk4K_jPh8Qiy61A-Qnj9of6ngBWow@mail.gmail.com mailto:CAFwwLiS=q1KdwDfutDtVAUk4K_jPh8Qiy61A-Qnj9of6ngBWow@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Sorry about the bad subject. Don't post too regularly and not sure the best way to reply to a thread here. Guess it's just reply, change subject, delete irrelevant parts of the thread. I do appreciate your patience and continued conversation.

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