Re: edit the subject line of a thread?
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 15:21 -0400, 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....
Editing the subject line does not break the threading in Evolution.
--
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions
of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to
dream." --S. Jackson
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