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- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:37:44 +0900
- From: Gernot Hassenpflug <aikishugyo@example.com>
- Subject: Re: [tlug] OT Thread Hijacking
- References: <a68c12871002220306l7acbfb21of926e1d498562370@example.com> <20100222115709.GN3674@example.com>
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Michal Hajek <hajek1@example.com> wrote: > > * Kenneth Burling (burlingk@example.com) [100222 12:21]: > >> One question. If a person hits reply to an email, and then changes >> the subject completely and changes the body of the message completely >> (empties it and starts over) is there any reason that an email client >> should put that message into anything other than a new thread? > > I perceive the purpose of Subject: header as indicating what is inside > given email. > > The thread instead is managed according to References: header and > indicates which email is in relationship with which another email. > > Thus it makes perfect sense to me to change subjects inside threads [not > hijack threads!]. Thanks, that distinction makes sense to me (a light went on...). I see this in webforums a lot, where there is the functionality of changing the subject of a post, while it remains part of the same thread. Very enlightening, thank you for posting this at the right time for me! Gernot Hassenpflug
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