On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 18:10, Mac Newbold wrote: > Today at 6:05pm, Grant Robinson said: > > >> ideas? > > > >I have an idea. Next time you post to the UUG, don't hit the Reply > >button and then change the subject line. Create a new message. In > >case you forgot where to send it, the email address is: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sorry, but MRB is a repeat offender (he's done this twice today, and > >three times in the last two days, and countless times before that) and > >repeat offenders need harsh punishment. :) > > For those of you just tuning in to our show tonight, threaded mail readers > follow the "In-Reply-To:" headers in the email messages, or for lame > mailers that don't send them, they'll usually follow subject lines too. > > So when you "Reply" instead of starting a new message, you effectively > hijack the middle of the thread and make it all about a different topic. > Which means with some readers, you get two (or more) separate threads > about the original thread/topic, and with other readers, you get one big > thread with 2 or more different topics interspersed throughout it. > > And while we're at it, we should really change the Reply-To settings on > the mail list so it doesn't force it back onto the list... ;)
Been through that one too. The consensus was that people were tired of getting double-posts from people hitting reply-all. Thus it is this way now by popular decree. Not that I care too much. Just don't change it without telling us (like happened last time). Michael > > Mac > > -- > Mac Newbold MNE - Mac Newbold Enterprises, LLC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.macnewbold.com/ > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
