> On Nov 8, 2024, at 14:14, Alex Buie <ab...@cytracom.com> wrote: > I (and I'm sure many of you) subscribe to daily digests from NANOG to keep > things concentrated. However, there are sometimes messages in the digest I'd > like to reply to, and I don't want to be that guy who just replies to the > digest and opens an ugly new thread.
On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 11:38 AM <j...@joelesler.net> wrote: > Generally speaking, you want to trim the digest to the relevant posts, bottom > posting your reponse (if you’re interested in nitpicking). This practice was > prevalent until Microsoft Outlook introduced the top post culture. Let’s not > go down that rabbit hole. > > > Additionally, editing the subject line to include what you’re responding > about can be helpful. This, and change your subscription to individual messages for the duration. You need the message-id and related headers to create a properly threaded reply and you don't have them. Few will notice and none will harangue you for starting a new thread with your first reply but if you do it with every reply it gets really old really fast. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin b...@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/
