Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] Repairing the nets
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:44:07 +0200
References: <mailman.570.1239110501.976.lug@leica-users.org> <49DB640D.1010607@telefonica.net> <A04EE037-00DF-448B-8B53-FC738F2B3F90@embarqmail.com> <71D0F700-B16D-48A5-834B-3F8FA69FEDFB@aotera.org>

Exactly right. Hitting "reply" will mean that it is part of the  
thread, regardless of subject line, and will be seen as such by mail  
readers that support threading (such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird).

Always start a new topic.

Nathan

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On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote:

> That won't work in all cases. Create a completely new message. Do  
> not use 'Reply' or 'Reply to all'. There are often magic numbers  
> buried in message headers which some mail programs will use to  
> perform threading.
>
> Some mail programs will thread only on the subject but many will  
> thread based on the magic numbers which you can't usually see.
>
> For example, these magic numbers in Ric's message header tells me  
> that he is following up to a message from telefonica.net. Changing  
> the Subject header won't affect these magic numbers.
>
> Message-Id:   <A04EE037-00DF-448B-8B53-FC738F2B3F90 at embarqmail.com>
>
> In-Reply-To:  <49DB640D.1010607 at telefonica.net>
>
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:33, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> just delete the subject line also and make it what you like
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:32 AM, F?elix L?opez de Maturana wrote:
>>
>>> always push the "reply", delete all the messages and write down my  
>>> mail. How can I starting a new thread?
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from felixmaturana at telefonica.net (FŽelix L—opez de Maturana) ([Leica] Repairing the nets)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Repairing the nets)
Message from scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] Repairing the nets)