Hello Simon,
sorry for that. My intenteion was to help the other users facing the same
problem, and therefore I'd like to have it in the same thread.
You are right about the headers, though.
Next time ...
Udo
Simon Hobson <li...@thehobsons.co.uk> schrieb am Mo., 5. März 2018 um
12:17 Uhr:
> Udo Schacht-Wiegand <u...@cantamen.de> wrote:
>
> > this is my first post to this list, and I hope I can reply to an already
> existing thread.
>
> Welcome.
>
> But no, it's poor netiquette to reply to another thread to start your own.
> When you do that, your message should have reference headers linking it to
> that other thread - the result being that threaded viewers (such as web
> based archives) will frequently interleave your thread with the original
> one, This causes confusion for people looking through the archives at a
> later date - or using a mail client that does this threading (as many do).
>
> So it's just a matter of good netiquette to always start a new thread by
> creating a NEW message in your mail client. Typically the list address will
> already be known to your client so after the first few letters (ie start
> typing "shor") it is likely to autofill the full list address.
>
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