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Re: USE THREADS, DAMMIT! Re: No list mail



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Chris Metzler <cmetzler@speakeasy.net> writes:

> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:18:49 -0400
> Carl Fink <carlf@fink.to> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 04:17:28PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> 
>> > THREADS!  Use the threads!  Stop making new threads about this!
>> 
>> They aren't receiving the messages, Paul.  It makes it harder for
>> them to follow threads.
>
> It makes it a pain in the ass to set "References:" or "In-Reply-To:"
> correctly, for sure.

In Gnus, just add the header.  If you're in X, anybody can do it with
one hand tied behind their back if they're at all familiar with copy and
paste.

> But using the same subject as the one in the post that one is quoting
> isn't too hard, and would effectively accomplish the same thing.

No, it doesn't.  It starts a new, completely disjointed subthread.
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