Re: My priorities.

From: Tom Potter (tdp_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:58:55 +0800

"Jeff Relf" <Jeff_Relf_@_NCPlus.NET.Invalid> wrote in message
news:_Jeff_Relf_2004_Jul_29_F9nt@NCPlus.NET...
> Hi jmfbahciv,
>
> Re: Sorting messages by the thread and/or the title,
>
> I wrote, <<
> The References line is thee only true thread,
> the Subject line just introduces the text.
> ( Or at least it should, I believe ) >>
>
> And you replied, <<
> It doesn't matter WTF you believe.
> What matters is the spec. Period. >>
>
> You have a very interesting set of priorities there jmfbahciv,
> But the people using Usenet are what matters most to me.
>
> People reply to people,
> that is recorded in the References line...
> That is the thread, and nothing else is the thread.
>
> The Subject line should give a hint about the topic.
>
> That's what I believe,
> and I don't give a *** about what any RFC says about it.

 "Jeff Relf" makes a valid point!
"People reply to people"

The only reasons that I don't use Jeff's style
of adjusting the subject to accommodate topic drift,
is that I am too lazy,
and not as creative as Jeff. 

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Tom Potter     http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp