[thelist] Please don't just change Subject: line to start a new topic

Alex Ezell taranis at spittingllamas.com
Wed Sep 3 15:06:41 CDT 2003


On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 2:09:58 PM, Timothy wrote:

> When you want to send a new message to the list (i.e. a message that is
> NOT a followup to another message), please *do not* just hit REPLY and
> change the Subject: line.

Thanks for pointing this out. It has plagued me on this list and many
others for some time.

Now if only there was a way to "rethread" some of these messages that fail
to follow your instructions.

-- 
Alex
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"Formal Restrictions, contrary to what you might think,
free you up by allowing you to concentrate on purer ideas."
 - Winter Sorbeck in Chip Kidd's The Cheese Monkeys



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