list etiquette

[Bob Sneidar]

Another issue is that some people use the digest while others do not. This seems to create a new thread named the same thing when replying from the digest. So far as I have been able to ascertain, nothing can be done about this other than rounding up all the digest users and flogging them with wet noodles. Then the problem becomes, some might like it. ;-)

After 60 years on this planet I have come to see that many (if not most) people do not do things the way they do because it "makes sense" or is the most efficient or useful way to do it. They do things "their way" simply because it IS "their way." That is why no one will ever seriously make any progress changing the world, either in small ways or big ones. 

Bob S


> On Sep 29, 2015, at 03:13 , Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Warren Samples <warren at warrensweb.us>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> An example would be the thread with the subject "Why can't LC do what
>> PencilCase does?" Under that thread are 11 completely unrelated message
>> threads, each having headers that indicate each new topic was initiated as
>> a response to a previous but unrelated message within that thread.
>> 
>> What are you using to view the List? I use Gmail and I have no such
> problem, every single post in the PencilCase thread has exactly the same
> subject so Gmail can automatically rethread based on Subject. Maybe there
> is a Preference within your email client to sort by Subject?
> 
> I'll admit I'm guilty of posting a new Topic by clicking Reply and changing
> the Subject, but this seems to me to be far easier as you normally want to
> quote a portion of a post but acknowledge that it is a tangent topic. So as
> it works perfectly for me, unless there is an avalanche of other's who are
> suffering the same as you, I'm not sure I'll remember to compose a brand
> new message just to help your email client.
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