Re: How to re-code?

From: 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.

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