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  • From: "Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: Replying to e-mails
  • Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:39:00 -0500 (EST)

In response to Tanner Lovelace's message(s):
> It should be pretty obvious now what's happening. When you reply
> to a message, your mailer adds either a References or an In-Reply-To
> header (or both!) with a reference to the e-mail you're replying to.
> This lets a mail program thread messages without having to guess
> based on something like subject header lines (which wouldn't work
> in any case here except your reply to me because the subject line
> was changed each time).
>

> Hopefully that clears up some things. If you want the full
> technical detail, the link to Jamie Zawinski's page is very good.
>

Good explanations, both. I've got it now, and I shall amend my ways.
Though, for maximum (mis)effect I could always bounce messages off another
account and reply to myself before posting.... ;)

-Alan





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