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  From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
  To  : Richard Russell <richardrussell@mail.com>
  Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:15:27 -0800

Correct subject lines (was: MS can build a better product than linux!)

On Monday, 19 February 2001 at  1:44:38 +1030, Richard Russell wrote:
>> Just trying to save paper!
>> After the war, we had a shortage of paper in England,
>> and the old thrifty habits have stayed with me ever since.
>
> OK, fair enough... And yes, I see how this may translate to electrons, but
> commonsense tells me that it's best to use one email per subject --
> basically, this enables each subject to have its own subject line, rather
> than starting a thread that isn't related to the subject line of the
> email...

Well, the more obvious way to go is to change the Subject: line when
you change the topic, like I've done here.  This is what I recommend
at http://www.lemis.com/email.html.

> hmm... with this amount of email anality (is that a word?) I'm
> beginning to sound like someone else on this list who is
> particularly fussy about email :)

Who would that be?

Greg
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