Well said! Steve Greenfield, listowner Homebrew_PCBs --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <david@r...> wrote: > Hi all, > > Noting that this list runs over with such rich diversity of skills, > ideas and insights. > > Alas, though, this is somewhat of a downfall when a thread goes off on a > tangent into a whole new topic, which tends to inflict some opacity on > the list when trying to use it as a knowledge base. > > May I humbly suggest that people, when replying to a thread post and > taking it off its original topic, start a whole new thread with an > updated subject line? > > I notice that some people are considerately changing the subject line > sometimes - this is good, but the replies end up in the old thread, so > end up getting buried in the thread tree under a completely unrelated > subject heading. > > I'd like to suggest a simple method I'm sure many will appreciate: > 1. open a new message compose window, not a reply window > 2. set 'to' address to Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, and 'subject' > to whatever > 3. click 'reply' on the post you wish to reply to > 4. copg across the needed text from the 'reply' window to > the 'new message' window > 5. close the 'reply' window > 6. type in whatever, into the 'new message' window > 7. send > > Sounds complicated, but it's only 5-10 seconds extra work, and it will > mitigate the entropy on this list and make it more useful for all. > > -- > Cheers > David
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Appropriate subject lines Re: Request to list members
2005-07-07 by Steve
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