From: "Dan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Leftwich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "FreeBSD LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: Re: changing subjects [in this manner] > > Simply replying to a message but changing the subject will not break a > thread. The safest way to create a new thread based on an existing > thread is to manually copy your "parent" message into a textfile or X > clipboard, start a fresh new message, pase the parent in, trim, and add > "> " yourself (or have your editor do it if it has a "paste as > quotation" function.
or hit the reply button first, and have your mail client add the "> ", and _then_ copy the text, cancel the reply message, and start a fresh new message. way easier than adding > by hand. :) -- dfolkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
