On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 15:14 +0100, Cyrille Moureaux wrote: > Hi G. Roderick, > > > Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this > > causes several problems: > > 1. most email software will correctly think that your email is a > > response to the email you are "replying" to, and will indicate > > this by displaying your email as a child of the original email > > 2. because of this, people not interested in the original email may > > ignore your question > > 3. people may think that the original email has a reply(yours) so > > that they do not have to give it a reply > > > > So in conclusion, more people will read your email if it looks like the > > start of a new thread rather than the reply to an old one. > > > I may be mistaken, but I got the impression that the "[moderated] YOU > MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE" mails are just the new face of the old > "[moderated]" ones, i.e the mails sent from our contact link in > whichever page of www.OO.o (can't remember nor find it), which spawns a > composition window with a preset subject. I guess after getting tired of > the ten page "[moderated]" thread, someone decided to put something that > would invite users to actually go and provide a proper subject, > unfortunately this doesn't seem to have had the expected effect. > > My point is I don't think these mails are being sent as replies to other > mails of the "thread" (but I could be wrong), in which case your reply > may be quite confusing to these users. > > Just my couple eurocents, >
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