I think a simple change of the subject title would work. What Jason points out is accurate and used by GMAIL but most of us just read the subject and think the content it related to the subject. If the content changes just update the subject line even if you hit reply. TY and C U L8ter (thought I would put some casual stuff in LMAOROTF...)
Jason, I would speak to Tony off line about changes to ride postings. I suspect he would like to keep it as is but if someone wanted to maintain a calendar that would work. We also have Triangle Cycle as Jay pointed out and we have NCBC that could be used. Personally, I like the informal banter and ranting that goes on even when steam needs to be let off :) Ed -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Jason Tower Subject: [Gyros: 12081] Re: New Thread Jason. I am one of those who was not aware of "thread index or message ID" identifiers. How does the system identify threads? Does it do this by taking key words within the emails, or does it use the subject lines of the emails? The email that broke the camel's back began as information on an upcoming mountain training ride, but eventually ended up as ride reports on the New Year's day ride. If you look over these exchanges you can see where the subject matter changed. Tony added a "btw" after thanking Randy for his input on the mountain ride course. Randy 'replied' with his ride report and the subject matter changed as we all followed suit. The subject line did not. Bert's concern was that anyone opening these emails thinking that they would be getting information on a mountain training ride would get confused, and, probably a bit annoyed. Not being a systems administrator I am not sure how all of this works, but it seems to me that the subject line should always contain a keyword or words that creates the 'thread' we need. Anyone writing the email needs to find the correct keywords, and those responding need to stay within the subject matter. One final comment. Our gyros googlegroup.com has always followed more of a "chat room" format than a business one. It has always been informal (with misspelled words and poorly structured sentences that often times do not even use proper punctuation or capitalization). But, because we are an informal group that welcomes all styles of riders it only made sense that we accepted all styles of writers. Until we institute the proper use of the English language I am not sure how any system can adequately "thread" our discussions. We just need to use common sense and rules that are not so tight that it discourages those who are not Hawthorne's or Hemingway's to write in. Using decent spelling and grammatically correct phrasing would help, but as I stated, one should not feel as though their exchanges are going to be examined by a college English professor. ---- Jason Tower <[email protected]> wrote: > > seconded. a lot of people may not be aware of it, but almost all > email messages contain an identifier (called a thread index or message > ID or something like that) which is used to group related emails into > "threads" with a common subject. many popular email clients use these > identifiers to display multiple email messages as a single thread, > with the implicit assumption that all messages in that thread are > related. when you hit "reply" the identifier is preserved, as opposed > to a new message which is assigned a unique identifier. so unless you > are continuing a discussion that is related to the *original* email, > please create a new message. it only requires an extra mouse click or > two and makes it much easier for people using threaded view (which i > imagine is the majority of people these days) to follow. > > on a related note, there's a big difference between replying to the > author of an email and replying to the list, although it may not seem > that way depending on your email client settings. if your reply is > appropriately broadcast to the entire subscription list then by all > means send to the list. if however your reply is only intended (or > relevant) to the original author please make sure your reply goes > there and not to the list. your fellow netizens will thank you (or at > least not curse you, which is close enough). > > thanks! > > jason (professional sysadmin) > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > G Nation > > > > I have let this go on for way too LONG!!!!! I am not usually the one to speak out but I am tired of reading replies from an original subject matter that has nothing to do with the original e-mail. I will ask from now on that if you want to talk about another subject to just start another e-mail and if someone ask you a question how about just responding to that person, the entire group does not need to know your business. There is nothing more unnerving than to look at replies about the upcoming mountain training ride to read something totally off the subject matter. > > > > I am through venting!!! > > > > Bert > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
