got it, thanks!
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thanks,
louie miranda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Knoble" <jmknoble@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: problem [ mail domain "*" is syntactically invalid]
> > 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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