Hi Kevin, {and R-help readers: Kevin's (privatae) question is a quite relevant one to this sidetrack topic of "mailing list netiquette"}
>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:37:39 +1000 (EST) writes: Kevin> Just out of interest, what about those posts with (no Kevin> subject) as the subject? Sometimes I would change Kevin> the subject so it fits the body...is it recommended? yes, I'd recommend it --- IFF --- your e-mail system is good enough to set / augment the (usually invisible) headers "References:" and "In-Reply-To:". AFAIK, by official standards, these are used for threading (if available) rather than the subjects. Martin Kevin> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Martin Maechler wrote: >> Dear S, >> >> when posting something to R-help or bioconductor, >> please do *NOT* reply to an existing message and add a new >> subject!!! {it breaks threads for most e-mail system that use >> threads, including the threaded archives, see, e.g. >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/bioconductor/2004-August/thread.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html