Re: edit the subject line of a thread?
P Kapat wrote in Article
<[🔎] daef5be80704261221k20b93dd1s3a633cef8b89735e@mail.gmail.com> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> 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.
That's not what is causing the thread to break. Someone/thing is torquing
the References line to the point your mail reader can't recognize it, or
diking it out entirely.
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Paul Johnson
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