"Vangelis forthnet" <northmed...@the.forthnet.gr> writes: > Please, DON'T CHANGE THE SUBJECT when > you are replying to a message of an existing thread; > this is why the list software rejected your post; > Please read (and heed) rule 3 of the list netiquette: > http://david.woodhou.se/email.html
I hope you'll indulge me in a little confirmation here, as I've never heard of such behaviour on other lists. Some would consider it /good/ netiquette to change the Subject: line within a thread when the conversation within some branch of the thread has drifted onto some side-topic and the original Subject: line is no longer matching the actual content, like with the "X (was Y)" style of subject that one sometimes sees for a few articles before the "(was Y)" part gets dropped. So, not really starting a new thread, just reflecting that the current thread has now mutated beyond recognition -- as indeed this one already has and the Subject: line has become inappropriate. If people do that on this list, it will actually reject their message automatically? If so, for this list, should I just be leaving the Subject: line as it is, or is it preferred that I actually start a different thread while quoting material from this thread? (Though, admittedly, on this list there's a fair chance the X would be enough off-topic that I wouldn't normally be replying anyway!) -- Mark _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer