Re: How to re-code?
| From: | John Taylor-Johnston | Date: | Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:05:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How to re-code? | ||
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Jason, I agree. Sorry. I sent it as a "new message". I will try again,
John
Jason Wong wrote:
> You have started a new thread by taking an existing posting and replying to
> it while you changed the subject.
>
> That is bad, because it breaks threading. Whenever you reply to a message,
> your mail client generates a "References:" header that tells all recipients
> which posting(s) your posting refers to. A mail client uses this information
> to build a threaded view ("tree view") of the postings.
>
> With your posting style you successfully torpedoed this useful feature; your
> posting shows up within an existing thread it has nothing to do with.
>
> Always do a fresh post when you want to start a new thread. To achieve this,
> click on "New message" instead of "Reply" within your mail client, and
> enter
> the list address as the recipient. You can save the list address in your
> address book for convenience.