Re: Worse then useless replies

[Greg Vickers <g.vickers@qut.edu.au>]

Hi all,

Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 02:34:08AM +0100, pinniped wrote:
> > huh?
> >
> > I really don't know what the hell you're talking about.  I've been leaving 
> > the subject blank lately because people bitch about it for no apparent 
> > reason.  But if you really don't want the subject changing, why don't you 
> > ask Intnsred if he can set things so that the subject isn't changed?  A 
> > blank 'subject' line with a flashing cursor is just begging people to put 
> > something in.
>
> What mail client are you using? Most mail clients automatically write
> "Re: Topic Name" to the subject field.
>
> Actually, not changing the subject worked perfectly for this reply.
>
> And nobody was "bitching about it for no apparent reason". If you're
> going to join a mailing list you should conform to the standards, I
> bet 50% of the people you replied to never saw your reply because of
> how you changed the subject.
>
> Most MUAs /don't/ do threading (For example, AFAIK Icedove/Tbird
> doesn't do threading), and those that do are the only ones able to see
> your replies from the right context.

Icedove and Thunderbird definitely do threading, in the pane that 
displays the email messages, where you can sort by date/subject/sender, 
the left-most icon on this bar looks like is a speech-bubble. Click on 
this to sort by threads and click on it again to sort in reverse-date 
thread order.

Cheers,
--
Greg Vickers
IT Security Engineer & Project Manager
IT Security, Network Services,
Information Technology Services
Queensland University of Technology
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