On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, Karanbir Singh wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> > Subject: [CentOS] Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads > > hi guys, > > Just a quick note about adding [SOLVED] tags to the Subject lines on > email lists : Dont do it, it does not help and makes no difference to > the content - yet, it breaks threading of responses. > > Unline web forums, email clients will try and thread using the Subject > and in-reply-to headers to retain thread sanity. So dont please dont > break that, its quite a key part of the whole mailing lists experience > for everyone. Is that why it's frowned upon to use a current thread to start a new one? Like doing a 'reply to' and then changing the subject line? Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------