On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 02:43:03PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/26/07 14:21, P Kapat wrote: > > OK, this is just a small nitpicking, to which even I am guilty of in > > the past, but I wanted to know the right mailing etiquettes. The > > agenda is: > > > > When replying to a mail/thread it is best not to modify the Subject > > line, like adding "(solved)" or something similar. Because that breaks > > the thread, which possibly is unintended and unwanted. In such cases, > > it is better to add "SOLVED" (or sometihng to that extent) in the > > begining of the mail body. > > > > Now I have seen this thread breaking in Gmail and Kmail, I am not sure > > of other frontends, like those who read the list from a news reader > > Knode (using gmane's servers). > > I am sure people might agree/disagree but I think it is worthwhile to > > argue. Let your opinions flow.... hey, its always worth arguing here! > > > > Not picking louse eggs, but a very good question! > > Changing the subject line will *not* break threading on a proper > MUA. It's how and why people know that you've hijacked a thread, > and then (politely or not) ask you never to do it again. > > If, OTOH, you use a bad MUA or webmail that *does* use Subject to > break threading, then I would suggest you put [SOLVED] at the end of > the line, so that it collates properly with similar lines. just to expand a bit, a proper MUA will use the "In-Reply-To" header to determine how the thread should be built. Personally, I like the "SOLVED" addition to the subject for two reasons: 1) If I'm interested in the thread because it coincides with a problem I'm having, I can jump right to the solution and see what's what. 2) If I'm behind on my reading, but the subject indicates a topic to which I can contribute, a "SOLVED" subject helps me to adjust priorities to threads that are not "SOLVED" .02 A
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