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Re: Forward to be avoided on a mailing list [Was: [Fwd: dumb ifconfig_question]]



On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:33:19PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:37:28PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 08:13:45PM +0000, steef wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > Please avoid using forward (unless you are forwarding a totally new 
> > message) because it breaks the threading (no In-Reply-to: header). I use 
> > reply and just replace the recipient with the list address.
> 
> Even easier is list-reply, should be bound to 'L'

Actually I wanted to refer to private replies, where my first reflex was 
always forward and not reply. Only after I sent the mail I noticed my 
wording was incomplete.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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