Changing the subject

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Sat Feb 27 15:53:51 UTC 2010


On 27 February 2010 17:46, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 27 February 2010 15:41, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Is there a generally accepted method of changing the subject in this
>> group?  I just replied to a message where a change seemed appropriate
>> but was unsure how best do it.
>
> You can start a new email (not a reply to the existing one otherwise
> it will continue in the old thread for those with intelligent email
> readers) with a subject such as 'A New Subject (was An Old Subject)',
> paste in relevant bits from the original and off you go.
>

This really is the best way. However, don't forget to CC the original
participators as otherwise, depending on their email habits, they may
not even notice the new thread.


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