[Sussex] Starting a new thread

[Brendan Whelan]

Steve/Andrew,

I had a similar thought - if every email had a link for "Start a new
topic/thread here" it would probably reduce the number of mishaps

Brendan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Guard" <andrew at andrewguard.com>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Starting a new thread


> Steve Dobson wrote:
> > All
> >
> > There appears to be a growing habit of people just hitting reply
> > to an existing SLUG e-mail and changing the subject to start a
> > new thread.  It isn't common, but I would like to "nip it in the
> > bud."  Yes, I know it is easier than creating an alias to
> > sussex at mailmain.lug.org.uk but it can be a little annoying to
> > people who, like myself, sort their e-mail by thread.  The new
> > thread appears to be a following up so another and the two
> > threads get mixed together.
> >
> > There is also the point that these e-mails are publicly archived,
> > and the new threads don't show up properly there either.
> >
> > I am not point the finger any anyone in particular (I hope you
> > know who you are), but anyone wanting to find out can just view
> > one of the threaded views of this list[1].  I'm not looking for
> > an apology, just that you don't do it again.
> >
> > Steve SEPF
> >
> > [1]
> >   http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/sussex/2005-October/thread.html
> >
> > [2]
> > SEPF - SLUG E-mail Police Force :-)
>
> OK my suggestion might seam little OTT but here it is.
>
> Is possible to get mailman to add signature some thing like.
>
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