From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 6:18:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C915737B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E90643E77 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:18:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfolkins@comcast.net) Disposition-notification-to: dfolkins@comcast.net Received: from groovy3xp (pcp01731796pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net [68.83.131.193]) by mtaout06.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with SMTP id <0H2Y008QR2B4J9@mtaout06.icomcast.net> for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:18:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:18:33 -0400 From: dfolkins Subject: Re: changing subjects [in this manner] To: FreeBSD LIST Message-id: <002e01c263cc$e2407af0$0a00a8c0@groovy3xp> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <20020923222424.B20965-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020924025056.GB55052@dan.emsphone.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Dan Nelson" To: "Peter Leftwich" Cc: "FreeBSD LIST" Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: Re: changing subjects [in this manner] > > Simply replying to a message but changing the subject will not break a > thread. The safest way to create a new thread based on an existing > thread is to manually copy your "parent" message into a textfile or X > clipboard, start a fresh new message, pase the parent in, trim, and add > "> " yourself (or have your editor do it if it has a "paste as > quotation" function. or hit the reply button first, and have your mail client add the "> ", and _then_ copy the text, cancel the reply message, and start a fresh new message. way easier than adding > by hand. :) -- dfolkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message