Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:01:37 -0600 > Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically > > added to the descending list. But have you not in your own email bro

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-11 Thread s. keeling
Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chris Lale wrote: > > David E. Fox wrote: > > > >> [...] > >> Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form > >> to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. > >> > > > > In Thunderbird (Icedove), either > > > > click on "Repl

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-11 Thread s. keeling
Andrew M.A. Cater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [much generally good info snipped] > > that virtually everybody who posts to the list is also subscribed to the > list, so that you don't normally need to cc. them. Not true. Anyone or anything can post to the list. Agreed that additional Cc:'s (un

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: > Even Outlook can thread (not sure what happens if subject gets changed > though). It's not true threading, though - it's lumping by subject line. At least, that's what it did when I used it a few years ago - maybe the latest ve

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Ted Hilts
Chris Lale wrote: David E. Fox wrote: [...] Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. In Thunderbird (Icedove), either click on "Reply All", change "debian-user@lists.debian.org" from "Cc:" to "To:" and d

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Lale
David E. Fox wrote: > [...] > Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form > to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. In Thunderbird (Icedove), either click on "Reply All", change "debian-user@lists.debian.org" from "Cc:" to "To:" and delete any other "Cc:" or

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Lale
Ted Hilts wrote: > [...] > > Not every one has threads. You say that you are using Thunderbird (Icedove). You can use the "View" menu to view your mail in threaded format: View -> Sort by -> Threaded > > [...] > -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:10:42PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:01:37 -0600 > Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not every one has threads. In a thread before yours this > > statement was made: > > > > AFAIK Thunderbird can thread even if the subject is changed. (It > > uses the 'In-Reply-To:' header)" > > > This person seems to imply that normally the sub

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:01:37 -0600 Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added > to the descending list. But have you not in your own email broken th

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 08:01:37PM -0600, Ted Hilts wrote: > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html > > This helps a lot but I have a few issues with a couple of the statements. > > First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but > simply address m

[debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Ted Hilts
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html This helps a lot but I have a few issues with a couple of the statements. First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automa

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My browser for mail is Thunderbird and Seamonkey I use for browsing. > > Thunderbird runs with threads beginning with the first issue ins the > subject line and then all successive emails related are tied together > in a descending fashion. I take this to

[debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Ted Hilts
My browser for mail is Thunderbird and Seamonkey I use for browsing. Thunderbird runs with threads beginning with the first issue ins the subject line and then all successive emails related are tied together in a descending fashion. I take this to mean that one can first see the first issue a