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Author: Craig Brooksby
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Subject: list etiquitte
> I have a problem with people replying to a message
> that is buried down in a thread, then changing the
> subject line to try and start a new discussion.
> That does not work because the <in reply to> header
> in the new email is still set to the old discussion...
>
> rowan


Questions:

1) I'm using Ximian Evolution. When I display full headers on a
*received* e-mail message, I don't see a <in reply to> header. ?? (I
can see no headers on messages as I compose them). Like others, I have
replied and simply changed the subject line (either creating a new
thread on a new topic, or making it match some existing thread) Am I to
understand that there is a hidden header that retains "subject" info
about the message I replied to? And now it conflicts with my changed
subject line??

2) When I reply to a message, how am I to know whether it is "buried
down in a thread?" A message is a message. I am aware that messages
originate from the group, and that subject lines are the key to
belonging to a thread or not. Am I missing something?

I want to be a good citizen but if nobody posts "the rules" then ..?
Whose etiquitte are we adhering to here? -- Craig