Circa 2003-01-22 08:41:40 +0800 dixit louie miranda:
: I am not screwing the thread.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Bernard Massot" <bmassot@???>
: To: <exim-users@???>
: Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:22 PM
: Subject: [Exim] Re: problem [ mail domain "*" is syntactically invalid]
:
: > PLEASE STOP SCREWING UP THE THREADS ! :(
I think what Bernard meant was "Please do not reply to an existing
message in the mailing list unless your message is actually a reply to
that message."
If you reply to a message, but change the subject and start a new
topic, your message still contains the 'In-Reply-To:' field in the
header. Some mailreaders (MUAs, mail user agents) use the
'In-Reply-To:' field to display messages "threads". For example, in my
mailreader your recent messages appear this way (more or less):
637 Jan 21 Marc Haber ( 0) +->Re: [Exim] Amavis & relaying...
638 Jan 21 louie miranda ( 0) +->[Exim] problem [ mail domain "*" is sy
639 Jan 21 Bernard Massot ( 0) +->[Exim] Re: problem [ mail domain "*"
640 Jan 22 louie miranda ( 0) +->
Bernard's point is that your message (#638 above) appears to be a reply
to Marc Haber's message (#637), when really you're asking an entirely
different question. This means your message doesn't stand out as a
"top-level" message and may not be noticed by many folks who could
answer your question.
For the same reasons, this can also cause problems with the
mailing-list archives.
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