[MacDV] Re: Curious Was: Slideshow DVD Pricing/Internal Muxer Error

[Gordon Alley]

The confusion occurs when the topic does NOT really change, but a new
poster can't resist the urge to improve the subject line by adding a
few words or otherwise editing it.

--Gordon

On 3/7/06, Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net <Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net> wrote:
> That's the way it should work if the topic changes. When the topic
> changes it's no longer part of the thread so the subject line should
> also be changed and a new thread is born. Appending the former
> subject as "Was:" allows for those who may wish to discover where the
> topic originated to do so by searching the former subject.
>
> >When posters change the subject line, their message starts off a
> >whole new thread, disconnected from the original. I've had some
> >threads degenerate into a half dozen or more separate threads, even
> >though they were all spawned from the same original.
> >
> >>TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I might add that the SUBJECT: should
> >>reflect the content AND should stay the same (not be changed)
> >>throughout the life of the thread.
> >>
> >>>Why don't posters to this list edit out the nonessential?
>
>
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