On 14 Jun 2013 05:22, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
<<SNIP>> start a new thread - in other words, don't reply with a
changed subject. <<SNIP>>
For reference only... The above is quoted text from the archives, a
message with the Subject: "Re: JDE Software Installation.":
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201306/msg00636.html
This message, my message, was composed as a *new* message rather than
having been composed as a *reply to* any message [regardless text from
the message shown at that archive link has been included as context for
my *new* message thread].
I offer a slight revision to what Vern suggests in his reply:
To start a new thread, *compose a new message* with an email client
[or News client]. The *new message* should be addressed to the email
*list* [or to the NewsServer]. Do *not* attempt to start a new thread
by using the *reply* feature of the email client [or NewsReader client].
That alternative wording is offered, because there may be actual
value to sometimes use a /changed subject line/ to reply *within* an
existing thread. That might be done to correct a misspelled word in the
subject line [e.g. "blah email attachemnets" revised to "blah email
attachments"] or otherwise to clarify the discussion with a subject line
that better describes the topic [e.g. "help me" revised to "error XYZ on
the ABC statement in a CLP", or to indicate that the specific reply
within the thread has a narrowed or broadened focus as compared to the
original\opening post ["JDE sfw install" revised to "verification of JDE
sfw installation"]. In each of those cases the reply is validly a
continuation of the discussion within the same overall topic, and each
reply has legitimately changed\corrected the subject line while
continuing the conversation in the same thread; i.e. there was little
reason to start a new topic vs simply refining the subject line to
clarify the topic of the reply. In that manner, a conversation can
branch slightly, yet still be maintained as one topic within a
discussion /thread/ both within a NewsReader and within the archives.
And FWiW, while corrected spelling might seem like a nit, for using
Ctrl-F [or similar] to find within a page, e.g. within the thread index
to locate a topic on a particular subject, or to find a message in a web
search, the proper spelling may have relevance and value over the
misspelling.
A review of the archives for this month shows that, to date, twice
there are *replies* sent to a message within an existing topic in order
to start what was conspicuously meant to be a *new* topic; i.e. see the
"thread index":
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201306/
"...
# Re: Anyone running Linux on Power hardware? , Jack Kingsley
»» * User Login , John Mathew
»» * ...
...
# What's an IASP? , James H. H. Lampert
»» * Re: What's an IASP? , Vernon Hamberg
»» * ...
»»»» o Re: What's an IASP? , Jim Oberholtzer#
»»»»»» + Re: What's an IASP? , rob
»»»»»» + ...
»»»»»» + JDE Software Installation. , John Mathew
..."
Note: Because the archives lose formatting per compression of what
are regarded as /white space/ :-( the "»" character was used in the
above quotation of what is presented by the archives, in order to
represent some blanks\spaces that would otherwise be compressed; i.e.
that character is used to reflect the indenting that /visually/ implies
threading of messages.
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