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On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM, Thomas Gruber wrote:

If you merge 2 topics, which will be the ?anchor point“ that defines the topic, and which cannot be split?

From the viewpoint of where a topic can be split, you won't be allowed to split a topic before its oldest message. Doing so would create a topic with zero messages in it. [For awhile, there was a bug in the system that allowed this, but thankfully it has been fixed.]

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Duane said that this is always the oldest message, but by merging you might merge an older message into the topic - will that one become the new ?anchor point“ (I hope you know what I mean)?

Once a topic has been created, it is a collection of messages that share the same topic properties (subject line, reply-to setting, etc). This concept of an "anchor point" has no real meaning.?

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When you click open a topic in the message archive, either the oldest message will be displayed first, or the most recent, depending on which sort order you have chosen.?

And will the previous one then loose that status, and have a ?split“ option? And if this really happens, is some sort of refresh necessary before the new status is visible (in app and browser, which may behave differently)?

I'm struggling to understand what "status" you might be referring to.

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Fair warning, though... the messages you just got done splitting-and-merging have already gone out as emails. Because of this, emailed replies often get misdirected into the wrong topic, requiring another split-and-mergefest. You can put both topics on moderation to redirect such replies as they come in, but the whole process soon becomes very tedious.

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This discussion is becoming more and more hypothetical. To get back on track, please let us know what you might be trying to accomplish.

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Regards,

Bruce