[mythtv-users] If I get the digest, how do I reply correctly?

Robin Hill myth at robinhill.me.uk
Thu Jul 24 18:02:37 UTC 2008


On Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 10:18:29AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Thursday 24 July 2008 09:57:21 Allen Edwards wrote:
> > Nick Morrott wrote:
> > > Email clients use the In-Reply-To header to determine whether a reply
> > > should be threaded or not. This is why replying to a message and
> > > changing the subject (and topic) to something different is so frowned
> > > upon.
> >
> > Well, I guess I have been doing it wrong.  Thanks!
> 
> Same here. I always thought that changing the subject line, when appropriate, 
> was the correct thing to do.
> 
> This is as opposed to starting a new thread. Sometimes folks want to be able 
> to see how the subject has morphed, but new readers should have some idea of 
> what's being discussed.
> 
It is appropriate if the topic has morphed.  It's not appropriate when
you want to start an entirely new topic.  Some people seem to be too
lazy to type in (or copy & paste) the list address so just reply to
a random email instead.

Cheers,
    Robin
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