On 2017-03-03 at 14:35, deloptes wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> True, although someone who doesn't know that hitting Reply on an >> existing message threads the reply in under the existing message >> is unlikely to even know what message headers are, much less know >> how to do this. (Or be using a mail client which does permit >> that.) > > But why would you do this. You could simply press new and start a > thread with your question
Because hitting New means you have to put in the To address, but hitting Reply means the address is already there and you can just start typing your message (and possibly delete the quoted text, change the Subject line, et cetera). Yes, this apparently is enough of a convenience factor to affect people's behavior. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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