Apple mail + thread problem

I'm using Mail to view my IMAP account (Gmail).
However, all threads are grouped based on the subject and since there are many emails with the same subject, the whole idea of using "organize as thread" is totally gone.
Is there some way to "group conversations" like gmail?
thanks!

As you have found, there is no free iCloud Support unless you happen to have AppleCare. You could try contacting MobileMe Support - a number of people have had problems resolved that way. Go to http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme/ww/ and select your country. In the next window click on a category to expand it, then on a subject to get a link to 'live chat'.
Presumably after June MobileMe Support will go away as will MobileMe itself, which would leave iCloud with no free support. You might want to consider whether you want to entrust your email to a service which has no contactable support (though to be fair, neither do the other free services such as Yahoo and GMail -  as usual, you get what you pay for).

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