On 8/18/08, Philipp Thomas
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:12:39 -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
No, there is not.
Of course there is.
Each reply includes a header that specifies the specific message to which it is a reply.
So?
So you reply to a message within a thread, not a thread itself. Therefore you should always reply to the right message otherwise you won't get a correct threading.
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I think the main difference is that some mail clients support threading while others don't. To reply properly you should know about both. A user who uses a threading client does not need a lot of quotes, therefore it can seem useless to a "threading" user to post a long quote. A reply to a wrong message can mess up the threading, because some of the threading clients can see what message is used to replie to (google doesn't). A user who uses a non-threading client needs these qoutes but doesn't care wether the reply is posted to the correct message. The quotes should provide him with enough information to understand the problem. Usually this is no problem, because the need to qoute is quite clearly stated and the easiest message to quote from is the message you should reply to anyway. just my €0.02. Neil btw: if my recapping of problems is undesired please tell me. -- There are two kinds of people: 1. People who start their arrays with 1. 1. People who start their arrays with 0. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org