[Wolves] BBC

Old Dan dan at dannyboy.dnsalias.org
Tue Mar 30 16:15:03 BST 2004


> On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 14:00, Old Dan wrote:
>> >  --- Peter Cannon <peter at cannon-linux.freeserve.co.uk>
>> > There lye's the problem with threaded mail. I read my mail on one
>> > machine but I sent my mail on another machine!
>>
>> 1)  It makes no difference which machine you post from when it comes to
>> threading, and
> Yes it doe's if one is at home and the other is at work!!!
Yes, hence my reply to myself.  I guess you didn't get it before writing
this, the times /are/ similar.

>> 2)  Please trim your posts.  Thankyou.
>
> Now hang on, the complaint is if you don't reply to the original message
> the thread ie content is lost. Now you are saying cut the mails down so
> that will mean the crux of the discussion is lost.
Er no.  Decent email clients (including yours if I'm not mistaken) can
sort emails into threads based on what is being replied to, in much the
same way as newsgroup posts are.

-- 
Dan



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