Re: [tlug] OT Thread Hijacking

[Gernot Hassenpflug <aikishugyo@example.com>]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Michal Hajek <hajek1@example.com> wrote:
>
> * Kenneth Burling (burlingk@example.com) [100222 12:21]:
>
>> One question.  If a person hits reply to an email, and then changes
>> the subject completely and changes the body of the message completely
>> (empties it and starts over) is there any reason that an email client
>> should put that message into anything other than a new thread?
>
> I perceive the purpose of Subject: header as indicating what is inside
> given email.
>
> The thread instead is managed according to References:  header and
> indicates which email is in relationship with which another email.
>
> Thus it makes perfect sense to me to change subjects inside threads [not
> hijack threads!].

Thanks, that distinction makes sense to me (a light went on...). I see
this in webforums a lot, where there is the functionality of changing
the subject of a post, while it remains part of the same thread. Very
enlightening, thank you for posting this at the right time for me!

Gernot Hassenpflug