From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 13 02:29:17 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF39C3E79E for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:29:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnmtw70@yandex.com) Received: from forward5h.cmail.yandex.net (forward5h.cmail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:f35::15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "forwards.mail.yandex.net", Issuer "Yandex CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98A981C31 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:29:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnmtw70@yandex.com) Received: from smtp2h.mail.yandex.net (smtp2h.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:f05::116]) by forward5h.cmail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id DD1B82108F for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:29:13 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp2h.mail.yandex.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2h.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id C1DE978187F for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:29:13 +0300 (MSK) Received: by smtp2h.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id aQfULfsv4Y-TCOqw1wV; Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:29:12 +0300 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1479004152; bh=3//9rr0BeAJrpydjuKk3vNG25NcBVJRtcpSzG0+He58=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=vBTqmffRVWcJYyPycG+xw+tY3LroqSrk5zMWOkbWBJlXqAm2687UbFyqHkbeL2sJB UhtT7X+Y/ft/QqFtfNoAgEaTrmdndo+vmZFeOLVD4O686lYcH6Kft0i/eBUuWku922 wnGlvtAS6JsJBNOu61GAKVES2UTb9nsZJMjGk+xA= Authentication-Results: smtp2h.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.com X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0 Subject: Re: USB network cards and DHCP To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <09a08e97-036e-4a0b-11c6-910042504b54@vagner.com> <20161112213722.GA35729@neutralgood.org> From: Rolf Nielsen Message-ID: <146f6018-0c86-e8e9-c6b9-ce8ab9b1f7f2@yandex.com> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 03:29:11 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:29:18 -0000 On 2016-11-13 03:04, laszlo wrote: <...> > > about the reply-- i am lazy and didnt want to type in the > > email address. > > who reads email headers anyway.? > > > > <...> >> Side note: you appear to have sent your message to the list by replying >> to another message and then replacing the reply with a new message. If >> you >> do that it is helpful to delete the "In-Reply-To" header. That header is >> used for threading of messages. If set incorrectly then your message >> risks getting missed depending on what mail software is used by the >> people >> on the list. If your mail software doesn't let you remove the header then >> I suggest the cut-and-paste approach to setting the "To" field instead >> of replying as you did. >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Mail software reads the headers. And for people using threaded view rather than timeline view, the In-Reply-To header helps the mail software sorting replies into the correct threads. -- Vänligen / Sincerely, Rolf Nielsen