Nope, it just continued on the old one. The web site lists it the same way, take a look for yourself. I'm not familiar with Entourage and if it may have a setting that tries to sort this out but Thunderbird (which I am using on Linux and also available for Windows) does not and I doubt if Outlook (which I stopped using last year does either). Usenet is just one example but Yahoo is probably running on Linux or Unix and a lot of legacy code from there. On one other group someone who is a web designer/programmer also dug up a detailed discussion from a webmaster group. I wish I still had the link though it is probably beyond the scope of the discussion here. :)
Rick Archer wrote: >on 6/27/05 12:56 PM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >OK, but this pertains to USENET. Does it work the same way with Yahoo >Groups? For instance, I renamed the thread we're in now in my email client, >adding "Messy Treads" to the beginning of the subject. Is it now a thread in >its own right or did it just continue at the end of the old one? My own >email client seems to handle re-named threads just fine. > > > >>>>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/
