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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:29:39PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Likewise in Claws-Mail (sometimes known as Sylpheed). Occasionally it > > misses a trick, but that seems to be when people reply to a thread, but > > change the subject line and content, and are essentially creating a > > whole new thread but not starting from scratch. :( > > > > Grant. > > > > > I think this is where we have > > new subject : was old subject, which seems to work quite well, > > just look at the current subject > > Re: [LUG] Just a suggestion. That's fine when the discussion naturally changes from one topic to another, as it often does -- just change the subject to indicate this. A complete change of topic, though, should be done in a new thread, not by replying to an old one. (i.e., if you're not actually replying to something in the previous message, don't click the Reply button.) -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0 "For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared." -- St. Augustinus -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html