Re: Netiquette...excuse me..

From: \ (dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jul 09 2004 - 15:47:08 EDT


I was in a hurry,and didnt have time.I didnt think
that i'd piss some people off,but i guess i did...

I'll just figure out things for myself...--- Eric
Hufstedler <mopar@ehuffy.com> wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> And for anybody using a good email client. I always
> read mail threaded,
> and hijacking a thread is very annoying.
>
> It also makes a post more likely to get ignored: If
> i happen to not be
> interested in a thread, i'll just delete the entire
> thread, not even
> knowing that i deleted other hijacked threads.
>
> eric
>

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