On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 08:01:37PM -0600, Ted Hilts wrote: > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html > > This helps a lot but I have a few issues with a couple of the statements. > > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added > to the descending list. But have you not in your own email broken the chain > of information because all I get when I read your email is to see your one > extraction and I don't know from that who said what or even the initial > subject content.
It up to each responder to snip bits that aren't relavent to their reply. > Not every one has threads. In a thread before yours this > statement was made: > > AFAIK Thunderbird can thread even if the subject is changed. (It uses > the 'In-Reply-To:' header)" > This person seems to imply that normally the subject is the key to > establishing the descending threads. And if Thunderbird for example > utilizes the REPLY TO header then that is at odds with what you seem to be > saying in this guideline. So I am confused on this matter. > I don't understand "not everyone has threads". Its a standard part of email. Therefore any decent mail user agent should show threads. Try mutt. > Also my original subject had [debian-user] as the prefix yet Thunderbird > accepted Re: The list Standard. > > Second: Also, when one person removes content they think is irrelevant but > the original author might think otherwise then how does one find that > original information? If need be, with the archives. If you're really wanting to follow a thread, don't delete it out of your own mailbox or save it to its own mailbox. > Third: Altering the original content or injecting statements adds more > confusion than it saves especially if a lot of people are in disagreement > with one another. Nevertheless, it is how it is done on this list. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
