-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/07 14:21, P Kapat wrote: > OK, this is just a small nitpicking, to which even I am guilty of in > the past, but I wanted to know the right mailing etiquettes. The > agenda is: > > When replying to a mail/thread it is best not to modify the Subject > line, like adding "(solved)" or something similar. Because that breaks > the thread, which possibly is unintended and unwanted. In such cases, > it is better to add "SOLVED" (or sometihng to that extent) in the > begining of the mail body. > > Now I have seen this thread breaking in Gmail and Kmail, I am not sure > of other frontends, like those who read the list from a news reader > Knode (using gmane's servers). > I am sure people might agree/disagree but I think it is worthwhile to > argue. Let your opinions flow.... >
Not picking louse eggs, but a very good question! Changing the subject line will *not* break threading on a proper MUA. It's how and why people know that you've hijacked a thread, and then (politely or not) ask you never to do it again. If, OTOH, you use a bad MUA or webmail that *does* use Subject to break threading, then I would suggest you put [SOLVED] at the end of the line, so that it collates properly with similar lines. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGMQDHS9HxQb37XmcRAiHqAJwLQmxghtYJLtM2iBpI18jXyB742ACg2Mq2 oFRkGD7M/YJYuQ27C2IDVaA= =mOrP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
