m...@rpzdesign.com wrote:
Oops,
Looks like there is an internal list coded identifier that links the
thread of emails together.
Yes, that's been in email since the earliest days- 30 years or so. Look:
-----8<-----
References:
<CACyNnZOGvac=9fbjoebapw6xi3s8k+hxgtweqcuyqdzh4uv...@mail.gmail.com>
<CACyNnZP6SHuOyi75AXwcxJxr_9LoGFurp_sMaZU9nyS+skxm=g...@mail.gmail.com>
<CACyNnZOLWCZ=AxZgfJS4duzK6eK5PUBVie1fH=z1xg+7d4z...@mail.gmail.com>
<519cb0e8.1000...@rpzdesign.com> <519cb1cc.8020...@epidata.info>
<519ce1e3.7000...@rpzdesign.com> <20130523163755.1f278aba@darkbreed>
----->8-----
That is totally distinct from the subject line, which is really there
only as a summary and which can be changed without breaking an existing
thread.
My understanding is that MS mail clients have not been very good at
honouring this over the years, but "standards compliant" software always
has. The fact that a lot of people make this mistake in ignorance is
really no excuse.
SO EVERYBODY, PLEASE:
The moral of the story is to create a completely new email to start
another discussion thread
and stay away from "Reply" button for convenience.
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!!
Ask yourself: would you walk into a party with a friend, find two people
in earnest conversation, stand next to them talking loudly and expect
them to be happy about it?
--
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]
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