On Feb 15, 2012, at 9:58 AM, t...@io.com wrote: > Yes. This is a problem with how Google wrote the software for Google > Groups. They apparently assign their idiot programmers to the > project, or people so young and/or ignorant that they have no idea how > a news group nor an email list is meant to work. > > It shouldn't be this way. You should be able to hit "reply" and just > change the subject but poor programming defeats what "ought to be".
Actually, this is part of the IETF email standards, see RFC2822 part 3.6.4, 'References': <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt> " The "References:" field will contain the contents of the parent's "References:" field (if any) followed by the contents of the parent's "Message-ID:" field (if any). If the parent message does not contain a "References:" field but does have an "In-Reply-To:" field containing a single message identifier, then the "References:" field will contain the contents of the parent's "In-Reply-To:" field followed by the contents of the parent's "Message-ID:" field (if any). If the parent has none of the "References:", "In-Reply-To:", or "Message-ID:" fields, then the new message will have no "References:" field. Note: Some implementations parse the "References:" field to display the "thread of the discussion". These implementations assume that each new message is a reply to a single parent and hence that they can walk backwards through the "References:" field to find the parent of each message listed there. Therefore, trying to form a "References:" field for a reply that has multiple parents is discouraged and how to do so is not defined in this document." Changing the Subject line and expecting the References fields to be truncated is contrary to the standards. Just learn already how to start a new email and address it to the list. The web interface offers a handy 'New Post' button right up there in the corner. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
