Depending on your email software you may lack the ability to properly track
threads in email.
What a thread does is keep replies together so that you can follow a specific
discussion amongst all the others.
In the email program it shows it self similar to a directory (folder) with a
subfolder for each reply. It's very easy to follow each independant thread.
In older type of email program it was done by just comparing the subject line.
But for many years better email programs reads the header item which says
which thread it is. The result is that even if you change the subject line it
still shows up as part of the original thread.
Most people like to be able to click on a name and then hit reply, to save
typing the address. You can still do that but just choose New rather than
Reply. Just right click on slug@nks.net and choose New, and you'll save the
hassle and all of us who have the more feature rich software don't have to
wade through mixed threads. (Plus it's a bit rude to steal someone elses
thread. Of course I'm sure that's not the intent.)
You can tell if your program supports threads properly by the appearance of
this emal. It actually belongs to the "Basic SAMBA Configuration" thread. If
you see it as a new subject then it does not do threads like modern software
does.
--Steve Szmidt
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