From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-04-17T09:14:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Ruby and C question

On 4/16/05, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
> On 15 Apr 2005, at 15:53, Dave Sims wrote:
> [some stuff]
> Please don't hijack threads by using your reply button and replacing
> the subject.  Sensible mailers such as yours add In-Reply-To and
> References headers that cause responses to your hijacking attempt to be
> intermixed with the original thread.
> 
> Modern mailers have 'new' buttons and address books for a reason.

Eric,

To be honest, this is tiresome and unfriendly to users -- especially new users.

Modern mailers -- obviously not yours -- also don't just blindly use
the In-Reply-To or References field to determine threading. Indeed,
while a mailer should clear IRT if certain conditions are met, a
sensible mailer should also ignore IRT if it doesn't make sense. This
is usually the case when the subject of the message changes.

-austin
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