List etiquette

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Saturday 17 June 2006 12:59, ben <ben at cvrse.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:54:46 +1000
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> > What is the difference between completely changing the subject header
> > and posting a new message? How do e-mail clients (or the list)
> > recognise that the message was created from a reply to a thread? It
> > looks to me like the clients/list are trying to be to clever for
> > their own good.
>
> the line from your message header
> In-Reply-To: <20060617123113.7b879591 at localhost.localdomain>
>
> where my post had in the header
> Message-ID: <20060617123113.7b879591 at localhost.localdomain>

I wasn't aware that there was a difference. Thank you.

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