etiquette question
Andrew Robinson
awrobinson at cox.net
Tue Dec 7 13:09:24 UTC 2004
Scott wrote:
> MJang wrote:
>
>>
>> However, I'm on digest, and am not sure how to do this properly, when
>> answering a question. I'm guessing a reply direct to the digest won't
>> maintain the thread.
>>
> That's why I don't like digests. They are more trouble than they are
> worth. Nothing beats good filters. Once upon a time when I was on a
> mailing list in digest form, I'd simply change the subject line to match
> what I was replying to. Then I'd carefully cut out everything that
> wasn't applicable to the one (out of 20 or 30 messages) I was responding
> to.
>
> It's a bit clumsy though. And even in that case they don't always thread
> correctly.
>
This is the way I've handled it in the past as well. It is a bit clumsy,
but with cut and paste it is not too difficult.
Andrew Robinson
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