Thanks a lot. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > There is no conclusively client-free solution, which is why it is not in the > Posting Guide. > > However, as a general rule, start with a fresh email to start a thread, and > reply-to-all to the message you want to reply to. The threading is managed > by hidden message ids, not subjects. > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On April 5, 2017 11:26:27 AM PDT, "Tunga Kantarcı" <tungakanta...@gmail.com> > wrote: >>My question is specifically about what I should use in the subject >>line when replying, because I do not trust mail clients, or to myself >>as I use different clients sometimes. Hence, I wanted to learn a >>client free solution to correctly send replies. Now, the posting guide >>is not explicit about this. Hence my question. So what should I type >>in the subject line if I want to reply to a specific reply, and not to >>another reply, so that my reply is nested in the reply I want to >>reply. That I cannot figure out from the posting guide. >> >>On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> >>wrote: >>> >>>> On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Tunga Kantarcı >><tungakanta...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> OK I cannot figure this out clearly in the guidelines of posting. >>When >>>> I reply to a message I should out "Re:" in front of the subject line >>>> of the original post. So if the subject line of the original post it >>>> is "this is a post", then I should use "Re: this is a post" in the >>>> subject line, for my reply to appear under the original post, and >>not >>>> in the forum as a new message. >>>> >>>> But then I cannot figure out what subject line I should use to reply >>>> to a given reply. That is, suppose the original subject line is >>"this >>>> is a post" and there are replies under the post, and that I want to >>>> reply to one of the replies. How I specify in the subject line so >>that >>>> my reply appears under the reply of a certain person? Or do I have >>to >>>> use the reply features of gmail? >>>> >>>> Meanwhile, why the guidelines is implicit about this? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> There is an R Posting Guide here: >>> >>> https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> >>> which is a good place to start. >>> >>> Generally, if you want to reply to a post and keep the thread intact, >>always use "reply-all" and that will keep thread participants copied, >>the post sent to all list subscribers, and the posts in the public >>archives for future use. >>> >>> Most e-mail clients (stand alone or web based) will add the "re:" >>prefix automatically, if not already present. >>> >>> Threads are not kept intact in the list archives based upon the >>subject line alone, even though some e-mail clients may do so. This is >>why there can be a change in the subject line when using reply-all and >>the reply post will be kept with the original thread. >>> >>> If, on the other hand, you create a new e-mail and just use "re: the >>original subject line" in the subject, that will start a new thread in >>the archive. >>> >>> Don't use "reply" only to a post, unless specifically asked, as that >>will only copy one person, not the list nor the archives, and the >>communication will only be between you and that person, which is >>frowned upon. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marc >>> >> >>______________________________________________ >>R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>PLEASE do read the posting guide >>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
