Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:32:33 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing subjects [in this manner] Message-ID: <20020924033233.GC55052@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <871y7km64z.fsf@pooh.int> References: <20020923222424.B20965-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020924025056.GB55052@dan.emsphone.com> <871y7km64z.fsf@pooh.int>
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In the last episode (Sep 23), Kirk Strauser said: > > At 2002-09-24T02:50:56Z, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> writes: > > > 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, if you use Gnus, write your message as you would normally, then go to > the top of the message buffer and delete the References: line. I'm always wary of suggesting that users edit headers. :) You also never know how smart their mailer is. I assume Gnus removes In-Reply-To: if it notices the user has removed References:, and Mutt only makes In-Reply-To: visible to the user, and if it is deleted, it will not generate References: . -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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