--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> 
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Janet Luise" <janluise@> 
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm curious as why you linked this music with  such a gut 
blue-y
> > > > number as the Stand By Me that started this thread?   
> > > 
> > > Nabby, after all these years, doesn't know 
> > > how to start a new thread. 
> > 
> > Thanks for your concern but I don't understand what you are 
talking 
> > about; in the subjectline on my screen it says "Re: Jan Garbarek 
> > Group" - is that different from yours ?
> 
> Yes. On the detail page for this post, one sees
> your Subject line as a kind of sub-Subject line,
> while the post itself is still clearly within
> the thread called "Stand By Me - Playing for Change."
> 
> This is what happens when you reply to an existing
> post. Your post is going to be *in that thread*, and
> will *not* start a new thread, even if you change the
> Subject line when you send it.
> 
> This is the reason that when you fire off some new
> post by replying to the "UFC Goons" post you obviously
> stored somewhere, the new post always is part of the
> "UFC Goons" thread. It does NOT create a new thread.
> 
> I understand that if you are viewing your posts in
> your own email reader that you probably can't see this.
> I'm just trying to explain it to you for the benefit
> of people who might read Fairfield Life "threaded,"
> or by topic. If you really intend to create a new
> topic, the way to do it is to send your new post
> directly to the mailing list address, *not* by replying
> to an existing post. That will *never* create a new
> thread; it will always be part of the parent thread 
> of the post you replied to.
> 
> Generally, it is considered "nicer" to start all-new
> threads than to change the Subject line of an existing
> thread. Just FYI.

OK, thanks


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