Only complaint I would have with this is that you don't show the old thread at all. Doing:
[Juglist] the subjects of threads in email lists Was: <old thread name> helps with this. Hen On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Richard O. Hammer wrote: > Kenneth Sizer wrote: > > Not to play devil's advocate, but... > > > > Why is "Ideally all data, including that for static pages, is XML"?? What > > business/technical need is met by using XML for simple, static pages? > > > > (and, in reality, "marketing says customers will think that's cool" is often a > > valid business need) > > A meta topic. I have noticed this happening to some of my posts to > email lists: I post a question which stimulates a reply from someone > on a different subject. If the new subject is a hot button, as often > happens, then the thread which I started carries on with the new > subject, and my question sometimes goes forgotten. > > I suggest for your consideration a practice which I illustrate with > this message: If you change the subject then literally CHANGE THE > SUBJECT in your reply, and leave the subject of the original thread > uncluttered. > > Would that be an improvement in email list protocols? > > Rich Hammer > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
