Re: [gentoo-user] Don't start a new thread by changing the subject

[Marc Joliet]

Am Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:12:26 -0700
schrieb kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>:

> 	I've noticed this a couple of times this week. A few of you have
> responded to the annoying Fortran thread, changed the subject, started a
> new message, and sent the email starting a new thread.

I have not noticed this. Scanning through the thread, I do not see any subject
changes.

> 	Because you responded to an existing thread you are not creating a new
> thread and thus and reducing the size of the audience that reads your
> email. Specially I'd have responded to "open source monitoring on
> gentoo", but since I deleted the Fortran thread in its boring entirety I
> didn't even see it until I saw a response further down the chain today.
> Whoever started Fbsplash did the same thing.

For me, both of the threads you mention appear as their own threads (using
claws-mail). So I checked the email sources and could not find any "References"
headers in either of the thread parents. So, perhaps this is a bug in
Thunderbird?

> kashani

HTH
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Marc Joliet
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