CentOS - Jul 2011 - Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads

hi guys,

Just a quick note about adding [SOLVED] tags to the Subject lines on 
email lists : Dont do it, it does not help and makes no difference to 
the content - yet, it breaks threading of responses.

Unline web forums, email clients will try and thread using the Subject 
and in-reply-to headers to retain thread sanity. So dont please dont 
break that, its quite a key part of the whole mailing lists experience 
for everyone.

I understand that some people seem to think that adding that makes it 
easier to later search on google. And if thats the case, adding the 
SOLVED word in your actual email body would do just as well, Add it high 
up the body content for even better effect.

- KB

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>
> Subject: [CentOS] Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads
> 
> hi guys,
>
> Just a quick note about adding [SOLVED] tags to the Subject lines on
> email lists : Dont do it, it does not help and makes no difference to
> the content - yet, it breaks threading of responses.
>
> Unline web forums, email clients will try and thread using the Subject
> and in-reply-to headers to retain thread sanity. So dont please dont
> break that, its quite a key part of the whole mailing lists experience
> for everyone.
Is that why it's frowned upon to use a current thread to 
start a new one? Like doing a 'reply to' and then changing 
the subject line?

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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