On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads
>
> hi guys,
>
> Just a quick note about adding [SOLVED] tags to the Subject lines on
> email lists : Dont do it, it does not help and makes no difference to
> the content - yet, it breaks threading of responses.
>
> Unline web forums, email clients will try and thread using the Subject
> and in-reply-to headers to retain thread sanity. So dont please dont
> break that, its quite a key part of the whole mailing lists experience
> for everyone.
Is that why it's frowned upon to use a current thread to
start a new one? Like doing a 'reply to' and then changing
the subject line?
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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