Subjects and Re: [Gllug] Reply-to header munging.

[Richard Cohen]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Andy Smith wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 07:39:21PM +0100, Jake Jellinek wrote:
>
> > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> >
> > In particular, I find the headings "Principle of Least Surprise" and
> > "Principle of Least Damage" to be relevant.
>
> I'd second this.  Also with a plea to change the subject lines when
> the thread goes off in an entirely different direction (my what a
> large thread about editors, except.. oh, it's not).

I like the current reply-to setting.  My preference is for discussion to
stay on the list, in general, so you have to make a conscious decision to
take a thread off the list.

At least, that's the way *my* mail client does it.

And yes - message subjects should change when subjects do.

Cheers
Richard


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