John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi Joey.
>
> If someone hits reply, but changes the subject, does that cause a problem?
Yes, because the message sent out has References headers pointing at the
old message. I suspect that his mail client threads on that as well as
on the subject (or else, I suspect he should get a better mail client).
Kevin
>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - Southern Star - (504) 888-3348 - www.sstar.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@nolug.org [mailto:owner-nolug@nolug.org] On Behalf Of Joey
> Kelly
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:19 AM
> To: General@brlug.net
> Cc: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: [Nolug] email netiquette
> Importance: High
>
> I hate having to complain, but my mail client threads email based on subject,
> and it looks at the mail headers in order to do this. When someone hits
> "reply" to some randon email and changes the subject, my client thinks the
> new email is actually part of the old thread and files the new mail
> underneath whatever old message the poster clicked on when he started his new
> message. It that's you, please, please, please consider starting a new
> message from scratch (i.e., hit the "new" or "compose" button) instead of
> hitting reply to an existing message. Trust me, others besides me will thank
> you for being considerate.
>
> Thanks, and again please forgive me for having to post this.
>
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