Jason Bleazard wrote:
> I'm almost afraid to ask what DWIM stands for (because it's probably
> something I should already know, and I'm going to end up feeling silly).
DWIM = Do What I Mean (as opposed to computers doing exactly what you
"tell" them to do)
> Seriously, I'll second what you said about replies. Especially the part
> about starting a new topic with a new message. Don't hit reply to some
> random post, edit the subject and body and expect it to be treated as a
> new topic. The "in-response-to" headers stay in tact and any threaded
> view will show the new message under the old thread. If you don't use a
> threaded e-mail reader you may not care, but it plays havoc with the
> thread view in the archives.
F's up the newsgroup view too.
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