I could never scan hundreds of LUG e-mails at one sitting without threading.
I don't know why Dave suggests that OE is insufficient. I used OE with WinXP
and now use the similar Windows Mail with WinVista. In both cases, simply
toggle on or off the threading option at View --> Current View --> Group
Messages by Conversation.
Remember to turn the option back off when viewing your normal inbox folder,
though. Otherwise, you might overlook a new e-mail reply because you are
expecting the mail to be sorted by date.
Ward
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert57P via Gmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New topic
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not? Are
any
of them free or cheap? Many people on this list have asked about this
option (at least in part) for this LUG - if a reader on the PC will do
that trick, it could help a lot of us.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Fowler Leek
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New topic
Dave,
THANK you for this very informative post. I've been doing (hi-jacking)
forever and never knew it was a bad thing to do. I use Outlook Express so
was totally unaware of the effect of my action.
Will cease and desist immediately, unless I intend to reply to the thread
(like now). :-)
Mary
From: Dave Naylor
On 30 Jun 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote:
Why is the below "bad"? Actually, I try to remember to: hit reply
change subject delete unrelated info in body of the msg
> If you want to start a new topic you should *not* just hit Reply and
> change the subject line but should start a new thread with a new
> e-mail.
It's "bad" because your message is still linked to the original
thread by its header information. Thread-linking mail readers will
show your (new subject) message as a continuation of the thread that
you replied to. This is called hi-jacking a thread.
To start a new thread/subject you must create a new message addressed
to the list and not "reply" to any list messages.
Your message's headers show that you are using M$ Outlook Express
6.0. If you were using a good mail reader that the had extended
features the problem would be apparent.
Cheers, -- Dave N.
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