David Christensen wrote: > Paul Cartwright wrote: > >when you find a FIX for something, I think "THEY" like to see the > >subject line change to -- > > Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?-SOLVED Some like it and some do not. If you want to then add it. If not then don't. I personally don't usually do this but I see nothing wrong with doing it. And it is a happy change. Seeing it in a subject line is a nice happy indication that someone's problem was solved and so that is always pleasant. It can be useful when there is a large discussion that a user might skim and tells them where it ends. > It is my understanding that changing the subject line causes > problems for the mail server, for some recipients, and/or for the > various other systems that handle list traffic. Therefore, I don't > change the subject line. A change such as adding SOLVED should not cause any problem for anyone. Certainly not for the mail server. And not a problem for the mailing list archives. It will be threaded into the discussion correctly. However MS users running Outlook have only the subject for message threading. This is a long standing bug in Outlook. But they are so broken anyway that what is one more bug for them? If anything it should presure them to use a better mail user agent from the many available to them. It shouldn't prevent the rest of us from doing the right thing. Changing the subject with solved or when topic "drift" occurs (considered good) is not the same as replying to a previous message with a completely *new* topic and simply changing the subject line (very bad). That is called thread stealing or thread hijacking and is extremely rude. Your new message topic is threaded in the middle of the previous conversation! That is very rude behavior. For a new question or new topic they should start a new message and not reply to a previous one. Do not hijack threads. > p.s. On debian-user, please "Reply to All", rather than "Reply", so > that your reply goes to the list. If you Reply-All then remember to remove the sender's address from the recipient list so that your message goes only to the mailing list. See the published code of conduct. http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct In particular: When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied. But also for those of us on the list: If you want to complain to someone who sent you a carbon copy when you did not ask for it, do it privately. Therefore instead you should use your MUA's list-reply. Then the message automatically goes to the mailing list correctly. (And let's not even start the discussion *again* about Reply-To. If you feel like doing so please search the archives and read one of the many long discussions that are repeated about every few months on it instead.) Bob
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