From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 12 20:08:52 2017 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 39017CAC5E6 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22e.google.com (mail-io0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04D8D1E34 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id v96so27532453ioi.0 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:08:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=X9X5MXIvk4BEl9b2xAjIQ9HDraQzaxZT5pXmkA5KqqU=; b=EEcPmxz4+PAUggf6Ok2oihLpyZcgKnJexsd/zIeh+9hVtJzkH4oS4sl2dA2nsSz8FU 8d6UrusfmxkZ2Y4+2JEVjOGWhli7Ko73qXawEM6uZV8w3CTbeB4oYUu+qB8m4t6uc4Xu +wp8uDm1mqSlBVLdo0rqRlizQECgrkacmCM7Kbv1nVq+5lWOM4uu220f+TbDkBGqPH/h ouz4LVg+lBPdGXwL5d6efP4LydH9Vum2/CaeWe1lQU+rwvSttJtkSg53GWzKcsMd7tXT L04zqqO96vKs0mdok+kB7ljbjIrhBXz8n+4KU96vn2puQGRfg2SFPFllaB2RvvAoFizk VyWA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=X9X5MXIvk4BEl9b2xAjIQ9HDraQzaxZT5pXmkA5KqqU=; b=U8diR6Pe2hKm06dovLsmTM2SE8pjiEHuHPlcjdS62rouVupfqMd4hy25MeE3nxtFtJ EqMJVNQHlbQVYPgg4J0bHfVuhZRMKwm+pVEMeg2eKLzDbC4UW2MB2+iRmUdbR29AXRpM x+yy7Jpe1D0yO2jM1W17P8uG1S+2u8yvnispoHHVA+PUU/rLyY+r1VClFuJtWYMLJ3au pLJYq/ZT/mxlS9yZ9ob37e3XVUHFESW7Nerj2G2vYbKWpM7EY5oOGBTuoDh5ZvmCC2z4 pB3HDnwc6xNLhOrImEqs1BRXZlHGkFQ8vCe0Eb6nUaXdDTIfAgwMh2J8GH+3Dcmib9t/ eDaA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKP9uC/yySbkPBjTu0+GQtMvZPOiD3Q2BSdnBIa/y69pYGcvUrICFAA7cMghrNVhgnUshBPIA6n+jf8Wg== X-Received: by 10.107.50.147 with SMTP id y141mr10514467ioy.130.1484251731015; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:08:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.125.132 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:08:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Kurt Buff Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:08:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ramifications of tweaks to subject line To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:08:52 -0000 Gmail doesn't follow message headers for threading - it seems to use the subject line, though that looks problematic at times. But, changing the subject line guarantees that threading is lost to Gmail users. Possibly others as well. If the thread branches because the matter under discussion changes, then it's reasonable to change the subject line. Better for everyone, though, is to start a new thread, with a new message that isn't a reply-to or forward from the original thread, possibly using copy/paste of desired content. Kurt On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Gary Aitken wrote: > Can someone summarize the ramifications of tweaking the subject line > in a post? > > Assume: > Some-original-subject > Normal reply yields: > Re: Some-original-subject > > If a reply is made and the subject line is (mistake, whatever) trashed, > then manually re-inserted, does > re: Some-original-subject > (change in case of Re) preserve threading? > Does change in case of words in subject line preserve threading? > More generally, what permutations of the original text still preserve > threading -- addition/deletion of various kinds of white-space, etc. > Is threading solely in the domain of the mail reader, or is there > something in the header besides the text of the header itself that > aids threading? > > If a subject digresses and one changes the subject line to > Re: New-subject (was: Some-original-subject) > is threading preserved? > > Thanks, > > Gary > _______________________________________________ > 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"