Bob, Sorry about that - I was typing before my brain was in gear and thinking of an entirely different group to which I am a subscriber!
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New topic > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:22:03 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I used OE - how would I do the below? LUG's mail comes to my OE program via > GMAIL. > > Thanks, > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ronald ferguson" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:45 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New topic > > > > Mary, > > For your information if you had OE set up to receive LUG's mail in the News > function, rather than the Mail, you would see the problem for yourself! > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office > http://www.fergys.co.uk > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New topic > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:14:59 -0500 > > > > > > Dave, > > > > THANK you for this very informative post. I've been doing (hi-jacking) > forever and never knew it was a bad thing to do. I use Outlook Express so > was totally unaware of the effect of my action. > > > > Will cease and desist immediately, unless I intend to reply to the thread > (like now). :-) > > > > Mary > > > > > From: Dave Naylor > > > On 30 Jun 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote: > >> Why is the below "bad"? Actually, I try to remember to: hit reply >> change subject delete unrelated info in body of the msg >> >>> If you want to start a new topic you should *not* just hit Reply and >>> change the subject line but should start a new thread with a new >>> e-mail. > > It's "bad" because your message is still linked to the original > thread by its header information. Thread-linking mail readers will > show your (new subject) message as a continuation of the thread that > you replied to. This is called hi-jacking a thread. > > To start a new thread/subject you must create a new message addressed > to the list and not "reply" to any list messages. > > Your message's headers show that you are using M$ Outlook Express > 6.0. If you were using a good mail reader that the had extended > features the problem would be apparent. > > Cheers, -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > > _________________________________________________________________ All new Live Search at Live.com http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000006ukm/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
