Gavin Spurgeon wrote: > >> Ps. Please start new messages from scratch rather then reply to >> existing ones... (a mistake I've made in the past )-: > > Woops.. > I was ment to remove all that before I posted...
Actually, what he's referring to is that posters should start a NEW thread for a new subject. To send a message to the list, click "Compose" or "New" or whatever the button is on your particular client (apologies to those using console clients like Mutt) for new messages and enter the list address in the To: field. This means *not* clicking 'reply' to an existing message on the list and then rewriting the subject line (seems like a lot of extra work anyway, doesn't it?) People do this because they can't be bothered to type the list address. That's not hard to solve -- add the address to your address book and create a nickname for it. The reason is that it screws up the message threading. If you are using a threaded reader, or if you are in the archives, you'll have a tree of messages with the original subject line (say, "My Asterisk server blew up!") and in the middle of it there'll be something totally unrelated (say, "Marmite is good on scones.") Very frustrating if you're trying to read through a thread in the hopes of solving your problem. It's most important for the archives, as these are saved for future reference and are insanely confusing when somebody has piped in to an existing thread. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
