breaking the threads...

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/03/12 01:59, Alexander Skwar (ML) wrote:
> Am 14.03.2012 15:52, schrieb Robert P. J. Day:
>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012, M.R. wrote:
>>
>>> However, I *will change* my usage of the subject line if told so by
>>> the list owner/moderator, or if another participant points me to
>>> where the list owner has a documented directive that the subject
>>> lines must not be changed inside a thread. (This would be the only
>>> list with such rule I'm aware of, but I guess that's what a list
>>> owner has the right to do).
>>>
>>> M.R.
>>
>>    first, you need to get out more often as everyone else is correct
>> and you are wrong.
>
> Actually, that's not a correct statement. At least Liam and Basil
> are on a wrong track.


Read this:

QUOTE

Threading

Many users read mailing lists by the thread. This means that when 
reading, emails are placed in a tree structure according to the subject. 
For an example, see this page . To permit this, email clients identify 
messages by a special hidden 'header' of the message. To assist those 
who read mailing lists in this way:

     Try to ensure that you use an email client which retains this 
'hidden' part of the message. For example, avoid using Outlook Express.

     When replying to messages, use your email client's Reply To List 
function, rather than 'Reply' or 'Reply To All'. This is Ctrl + L in 
Evolution (Ubuntu's default email client), and Shift + L in Kmail 
(Kubuntu's default email client) and in mutt (a popular console email 
client). If your email client does not have this function, ask for it to 
be added! Mozilla's Thunderbird does not have this function, but if you 
read the mailing lists as a newsgroup in Thunderbird, you can simply use 
the "Reply" function.

     When starting a new subject, do not reply to a previous email from 
the mailing list. If you do, your email may form part of a previous 
thread. To start a new subject, use a clean email.

     Replying to digest emails breaks the threading.

Changing the subject

When a reply takes the email away from the original subject, change the 
subject line in your email. This helps people reading the mailing list 
to identify the most relevant emails for them.

When changing the subject, keep the original subject in brackets. For 
example, if the original subject was 'Ubuntu rocks', your subject should 
be 'Ubuntu could be made better (was Ubuntu rocks)'.

UNQUOTE

and there is more here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists

BC

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