[X4U] List Threading and subject changes

Scott McCulloch mylists at ascottmcculloch.com
Thu Jun 9 13:41:43 PDT 2005


Well, it didn't take long for this thread to get 'hijacked' -- the  
new subject "URL Address" is showing up in Mail as being part of this  
thread.

On Jun 9, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Scott McCulloch wrote:

> Yes, please! I find it very frustrating when I'm trying to follow a  
> particular thread to have entirely new/different subjects  
> highlighted as part of the same thread - particularly if I'm  
> following the thread hoping to find an answer to a problem.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Steve Self wrote:
>
>
>> Hey, can you all simply click-n-hold on the Reply-To address and  
>> then select New Message to start a new topic on the list?
>>
>> This rather than the lazy habit of hitting reply and then just  
>> changing the subject...
>> Cause threading mixes in your lazy-new-topic with the prior topic.
>>
>> Let's keep threading workable rather than messed up due to  
>> laziness and uniformed work flow methods.
>>
>> Steve
>>


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