On 29.01.12 10:23, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> On 1/29/2012 9:52 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> > And if we make the effort to update the subject line, as I have done,
> > then the post is still presented in the thread by my mailreader, but
> > the subject immediately identifies it as a digression. There being no
> > cloaking, recipients are then empowered to skip it, unread.
> And that's the key, but many list participants don't use as good a
> mailreader and see only that the thread was broken. A number of times
> in the past, I've tried to update a subject line in the midst of a
> thread to reflect the shift in topic, only to see the subject line
> revert in further replies. As the GBS quote in your email sig put it
> "...tastes may not be the same".
But Kent, the thread is not broken if the "In-Reply-To:" header is
present in the reply, as it is in yours:
In-Reply-To: <20120129145241.GD3857@ratatosk>
That is the primary threading link, _not_ the subject. It is the mail
reader which is broken if it is so useless that it only uses the subject
for threading.
But you're right. We're often content to muddle through with less
effective tools and methods, because the brief discomfort of learning
something more effective is more acute than wallowing in the
sub-optimal.
Erik
(Who should give up. It's 3 a.m., for the sky-fairy's sake!)
--
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's
supposed to do.
- Robert A. Heinlein
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