All,

There have been a number of unintentional thread hi-jackings recently and I wanted to clarify why it seems to be increasing, how it can happen and how to avoid it.

Why the increase?
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I don't think there has been an increase. What has increased is the use of good thread aware mail clients (eg Thunderbird) that base thread detection on the "Message-ID" and "References" headers rather than just matching subject lines.


How it can happen
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Rather than create a new message, you reply to an old one and change the subject.


How to avoid it
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Simple really. To create a new message do exactly that, create a new message. Don't reply to an old one and change the subject. ;)


In summary, only use the reply button when you want to reply.

As always, if anyone expereinces problems with the list do let the owners know.

Mark
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