Em Sexta 07 Julho 2006 21:59, Tim escreveu: > Marcelo Magno T. Sales > > >> And about non-related messages appearing in a thread, this often happens > >> when a subscriber creates a new thread by replying to an existing one > >> and changing the subject of the message. Some people do this to avoid > >> typing the list address in the "to:" field when sending messages to the > >> list. However, the above mentioned "in-reply-to" field in the message > >> header will keep track of the original message and the "new" message > >> will appear in the existing thread. > > Anyone who does that also does themselves a disservice. Many of us will > ignore certain threads for various reasons. Some *other* message buried > in the middle of it will get ignored, too. Totally agree. However, I've noticed that the people who do this do not use the "order by thread" feature of their e-mail client and have no idea of this side effect of their action. They end up learning it the hard way, if they're lucky :) []'s Marcelo
