On Jan 13, 2009, at 4:41 AM, Phil Schumm wrote:

>
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:58 AM, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote:
>> Noah Kantrowitz ha scritto:
>>> 1) Do not reply to an existing thread when you mean to make a new
>>> one.
>>>
>>
>> apologies for the ignorance, what is the difference, if one adapts
>> the subject?
>
>
> Threading isn't based on the subject -- it's based on the Message-Id,
> In-Reply-To, and References headers (and perhaps others).  These are
> (or should be) constructed automatically by your mailer when you hit
> reply.  Hitting reply and changing the subject merely results in your
> message (with the new subject header) being threaded underneath the
> original message you are replying to.
>

Unless you use GMail or Outlook, both of which notably ignore such  
headers :-)

--Noah

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