Re: The List Standard

2007-05-02 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >> Even Outlook can thread (not sure what happens if subject gets changed > > >> though). > > Jim Hyslop wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to > > gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > It's not true threading, though - it's lumping by subject line. At > > > least,

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 07:43:30AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Jim Hyslop wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to > gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> Even Outlook can thread (not sure what happens if subject gets changed > >> though). > > > > It's not true threadin

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-23 Thread Paul Johnson
Jim Hyslop wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > 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

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-23 Thread Paul Johnson
Andrei Popescu wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > Even Outlook can thread (not sure what happens if subject gets changed > though). Outlook can thread. It calls threads "conversations," though. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PRO

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: The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Ted Hilts
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi 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. Most email clients have 3 options : Reply, Reply to All, Reply to List. You should use R

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: The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
> 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. Most email clients have 3 options : Reply, Reply to All, Reply to List. You should use Reply to List when replying to l

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Paul Johnson
e. So I am confused on this matter. Reply To is not set. You should be using Reply to List instead of Reply or Reply to All when replying. > Also my original subject had [debian-user] as the prefix yet Thunderbird > accepted Re: The list Standard. Subject prefixes aren't done o

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Paul Johnson
Ted Hilts wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > 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 th

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
guideline. So I am confused on this matter. > I don't understand "not everyone has threads". Its a standard part of email. Therefore any decent mail user agent should show threads. Try mutt. > Also my original subject had [debian-user] as the prefix yet Thunderbird > a

[debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Ted Hilts
ple utilizes the REPLY TO header then that is at odds with what you seem to be saying in this guideline. So I am confused on this matter. Also my original subject had [debian-user] as the prefix yet Thunderbird accepted Re: The list Standard. Second: Also, when one person removes content they th

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
> I am beginning to wonder > what the list standard is on this matter -- or should be. > Does this help? http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/

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
preserved. I have observed conflicts over this issue and I am beginning to wonder what the list standard is on this matter -- or should be. Thanks, Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]