Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 18/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > >>1: Some digest-dwellers will reply to a post, and the subject line will >>only tell us from what digest it came. Is it possible to manually change >>the subject line so that it reflects the original one? Since, like everyone >>else, I wade through on average 150 - 250 posts a day, I have to vet the >>list by subject line, and I can't do that unless I know what the subject >>line is. So, when the subject line becomes a digest number, I tend to >>ignore them. > >As a Digest-Dweller I can confirm that it is mandatory to change the >subject line of a reply, otherwise the subject line stays as 'pentax- >discuss-d Digest V04 #303'
Might I also suggest that digest posters also edit their attributions? It's sometimes difficult to follow the thread when a message begins with "[EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:" instead of "Frank wrote (or disgorged, if you prefer):" -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
