Rick Archer wrote: >on 6/27/05 11:14 AM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Rick Archer wrote: >> >> >> >>>on 6/27/05 4:07 AM, uns_tressor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> >>>Or we could exercise a little more self-discipline and change the subject >>>line when we change the subject, as I just did with this post. Snipping >>>would help too. People are still routinely posting one-liners at the end of >>>long quoted passages. Lazy and inconsiderate, IMO. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>No, if you are using an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird >>changing the subject will not create a new topic. That was my original >>point. What you have to do is select "Write" or "Compose" to start an >>entirely new thread. That means you'll have enter the FFL address in >>the To: and make sure you are using the email account you use for FFL. >> >> > >None of the above is true. I hardly ever post from my browser and I often >change topics and start new topics. I'm using Entourage on a Mac, but I'm >sure I could do the same in Outlook on my PC. > > > Not true, eh? :) Here (from http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php ):
USENET and Mailing List posting netiquette <snip> *2. When starting a new thread* don't just reply to a message sent by someone else and clear the subject line. Not all e-mail and news clients behave like yours and /will/ thread messages correctly based on the "Message-ID:", "In-Reply-To:" and "References:" headers embedded in the messages. Only programs which don't comply with Internet standards sort messages by subject and call that "threading". When you simply change the subject of a message, all of the threading information remains intact and your new "thread" simply continues at the end of the old one. This is called /thread hijacking/. By doing this, you're shooting yourself in the foot twice over. First of all, people following a thread don't want to see unrelated messages cropping up in the middle of it. The most complacent will just delete your message without reading it, others will killfile you, some having complained to you asking you to learn how to post. Secondly, those who /aren't/ interested in the hijacked thread and who have set their programs to ignore it won't even see your message. If you want to start a new thread then use your mailer's/newsreader's "New Message" function. This will start a fresh thread of your own without any traces of previous threads. This is one of many such posts you'll find doing a search on "thread hijacking." Now, I don't mean to beat it to death I just wanted to bring attention to it. :) Cheers, Bhairitu To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
