[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Threads

[Miguel Cruz]

On Mon, 19 May 2003, steve wrote:
> I thought I'd place a plee for people to not reply to a thread when 
> starting a new subject. It really messes with the legibility of 
> following threads. 
> 
> Obviously it's much easier to send a message that way, but please 
> try to keep threads apart.

I think this often gets lost on people because many low-end mail programs
don't understand threading. As a result, most people seem to think that
threading is defined by "Subject" lines, which is actually only true for
the most primitive email clients.

When I reply to a message, my reply will contain a "References" header
indicating the unique Message-ID of the message I'm currently viewing. So
even if I change the subject line, my recipient's thread-capable client
will group it together with the message I replied to.

Therefore, the proper and considerate way to start a new thread is to
create a blank message from scratch, rather than to hit "reply" and then
erase and replace the subject.

miguel