list netiquette

Bill Horne bill-CIZd1d4GmLheoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org
Fri Feb 25 09:54:50 EST 2011


On 02/25/2011 09:41 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> [snip]
> One issue is that by replying both to the sender and the list, the
> thread gets broken. Depending on the speed of the list server, when
> someone replies to the sender and the list, the direct message generally
> gets to the sender before the message sent by the list gets there. If
> you reply to the one sent to you by the poster, then that breaks the
> thread. These are relatively minor issues. I only see one message, not
> both.
>
I don't understand why: when I "Reply All", the replies should have the 
same headers. How does that break threading?

Bill

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