I asked Jay if he intentionally clipped names and he said he didn't.

He asked,

Doesn't your reader show the thread in a "tree" format? That usually
makes it easy to follow who is answering whom.

Yes, it does (Outlook Express), but I had my View set to Hide Read Messages
so I don't see the full tree. I'll leave it on Show All Messages and see if
I like it.

Thanks,

Jon