on 6/27/05 2:42 PM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rick Archer wrote: > >> OK, let me reiterate to make sure I understand it. Tell me if I'm wrong: >> >> If you want to change the name of a thread from your email client, you can't >> just reply to an existing message and change the subject, because hidden >> code in your email will associate it with the old thread. Instead, you have >> to create an entirely new message, and if you wish, paste something from the >> previous thread in the new message. Same with the subject line. Paste the >> old title in the subject line if you wish, but add "new subject, was:" >> before it. >> >> --------------- >> >> If this is correct, I'll add it to the site guidelines. Please correct >> anything that needs correcting. >> >> >> > That's correct. From the technical webmaster discussion I recall that > Yahoo looks at the header and if there is a thread id it tacks it on to > the end of that thread. Otherwise it would work. I may be wrong but I > think Majordomo which was a popular list server software may have > started a new thread when the subject was changed. > > If I have a chance later I'll look at a group I moderate to see if there > are any options but I doubt. One thing this group does seem to do right > or Yahoo fixed it or it was an option, was that on some groups it would > take the time stamp of the sender rather than GMT and folks would look > psychic answering questions in the order before they were listed. :)
Let me know for sure before I add this to the guidelines. This is a fairly complex instruction. We can't even get people to snip or change the subject now. Not sure how many people are going to go to this trouble. 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/
