> > Now, I would appreciate very much to see an example of how > your eMail system handles the message threads. So that we can compare > notes. Thanks, >
Email *systems* don't do anything with threads. It's a construct of mail clients. Even different mail clients do things differently, so as a rule, it's generally best to not muck with the actual message itself that much. Use your mail client's organizational tools as much as possible. On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:06 AM Abraham Y. Chen <ayc...@avinta.com> wrote: > Dear Bill, Et al.: > > 0) Ever since I signed up to the NANOG List, I have been getting > complaints about my eMail style, format, etc. Since I could not find any > document that clearly stated the guidelines and no one cared about > providing an explicit lead, it has been a very frustrating experience. > As I explained previously, my best understanding of an eMail is that it > is an electronic equivalent of the traditional postal letter. We should > start from following the old business correspondence protocol and then > enhance it by taking advantage of the available electronic facility. > Beyond that, an eMail is a literary work from an individual writer's own > "creativity". A receiver can do anything possible about handling an > eMail, but should refrain from imposing "rules" to the writer, unless > there is a mutual consent. From time to time in the past, I did get > questions from various contacts about what was I doing. Upon describing > my rationales, most accepted them. Some even started to mimic my > approaches. However, feedback on this List was exceptionally strong, it > was quite distracting. Thus, I tried my best to minimize the rough > spots, so that we could carry on the technical discussions. > > 1) "On 2022-12-01 23:54, nanog wrote: ... 1) Your emails do not > conform to the list standards (changing subject lines with every reply > making it impossible to digest or follow.) ... ": > > The above from you was the most recent feedback that I got. It > stirred up my curiosity on this topic again. Since I had some slack time > during the past few days, I decided to look into the "threading". I have > been using ThunderBird eMail client software ever since its > introduction, but never bothered about using its Message Threads > facility because my own subject line tagging technique seemed to be > sufficient. After a bit of fiddling, I was able to get ThunderBird to > display messages organized in threads. Below is one such example. As you > can see, my practice of continuously prefixing timestamps to the > "Subject" line of messages in a thread seems to conform to ThunderBird's > mechanism! Now, I would appreciate very much to see an example of how > your eMail system handles the message threads. So that we can compare > notes. Thanks, > > > Q. E. D. > > Happy Holidays! > > Abe (2022-12-16 10:04 EST) > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com >
