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
>
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