On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Terje Slettebø wrote: > > > P.S: As an aside: Why is everybody (?) replying to both the list > > > _and_ the poster? If you post, isn't it safe to assume you're > > > actually on the list, or am I missing something? > > > > It is a common usage here. Some uses nntp, other mails (and filters, > etc..). > > Ok. It's just that it's very unusual for mailing lists (at least the > ones I have experience with), but whatever.
The following URL explains why it is a bad idea to mangle the reply-to header (like some other lists do): http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > It is also nice to do not start a new thread for no obvious reason but > > having another topic, it makes a mess out of the archives and is > > harder to follow. > > I'm afraid I didn't understand your point. When you say "start a thread", do > you mean changing the subject line (as I did)? It's my understanding that > people in general prefer that you change the subject line, if the topic > changes, as it otherwise makes it much harder to follow the discussion... > (and you may have to wade through a lot of postings having nothing to do > with the subject line, or miss an interesting discussion, for the same > reason). Yup, but you should use "New Mail" and not "Reply-To" in that case as now the new mail appears in the same thread as the old subject. regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org
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