Mac Newbold wrote:
It showed up as a new thread in Thunderbird. I didn't know it was offensible, but I've been guilty of doing that on most of my posts to the list.Today at 6:05pm, Grant Robinson said:
ideas?
I have an idea. Next time you post to the UUG, don't hit the Reply button and then change the subject line. Create a new message. In case you forgot where to send it, the email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, but MRB is a repeat offender (he's done this twice today, and
three times in the last two days, and countless times before that) and
repeat offenders need harsh punishment. :)
For those of you just tuning in to our show tonight, threaded mail readers follow the "In-Reply-To:" headers in the email messages, or for lame mailers that don't send them, they'll usually follow subject lines too.
So when you "Reply" instead of starting a new message, you effectively
hijack the middle of the thread and make it all about a different topic.
Which means with some readers, you get two (or more) separate threads
about the original thread/topic, and with other readers, you get one big
thread with 2 or more different topics interspersed throughout it.
Nathan Rackliffe
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