On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:35:20 -0600, David Hoffman <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:34:10 -0500, Charles E Taylor IV > <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, changing the subject lines breaks threading. It makes > > > it look like an entirely new thread. The archives, news readers, and > > > some mail programs (gmail) can sort messages into conversations based > > > on the subject line. If you change the subject line, then the "Solved" > > > portion of the message shows up as another thread. > > > > Don't most readers sort messages into threads based on References headers > > and not the subject line? > > That would depend on what reader you are using. But if we are going to > try to impress on people that they should search the archives before > posting FAQs to the list, shouldn't we try to make the archives as > useful as possible? > > The archives are sorted by subject line. Here's a quick example. The > two links below go to two DIFFERENT threads on the same archive site. > The only reason they were listed as different threads is because > "SOLVED" was added to the subject line. These links only lead to a > test message, but there are many other instances that I have found on > the same archive site that do the same thing. (And the same is true > for the redhat archive site). > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110930289600001&r=1&w=2 > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110931389000001&r=1&w=2 > Wouldn't that be the case to write to the administrators of such archives (apparently including RH) to fix this? IMHO this should be considered a *bug*, and a relatively serious one, specially for archives. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gustavo Seabra Graduate Student Chemistry Dept. Kansas State University Registered Linux user number 381680 ------------------------------------------------------------------ If at first you don't succeed... ...skydiving is not for you.
