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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Some possible fixes for the references line
Message-ID: <3265@looking.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 17:11:34 GMT
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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Of course, if you are TRULY changing the subject, you should not post your
message with a Followup command.  If you must use a followup command, then you
should, as you say, delete the References line and type in a new subject.

If you are only partially changing the subject, to a sub-topic, then you
should use the followup command, keep the references line, change the
Subject: line and mark your message as a 'sub-root' message.

If you are just adding a new element to the dicussion, you should keep the
subject, put in a proper references line and put in a distinct summary line
for your message.

If you are not adding anything to the discussion, you should not post..
(Few people follow that rule.)
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473