I believe the threading is controlled by header fields you can locate in the expanded headers. It is a part of the references and in-reply-to header fields: References: <64246984.20120706220244@one-name.org>, <55CDF5594AAB41F5AD40047AD353EC0F@AroundHome>, <4FF70D07.8060700@sky.com> <4FF717F7.3060400@sampubco.com>, <4FF767EC.9080102@sprynet.com> <4FF8099D.8020503@sky.com>, <4FF852CD.2040808@sampubco.com> <4FF85690.4060809@sampubco.com>, <4FF8684B.9050506@sprynet.com> <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> X-ELNK-Trace: dc97cceeb839a68e5741bb2dafe82705b7f3a87d4e9c50f182aa343a0673875a8150aa233adf8790350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Joan In a message dated 7/7/2012 3:41:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, darrellm@sprynet.com writes: That is incorrect. Threading does not depend on the subject text. For example, in this list's threaded archives, when I changed the subject line from "Ancestery" to "Ancest*ry" it did NOT break the thread.

Good information Joan, thanks. May seem silly but, I never changed the subject line because of this incorrect opinion. Now, we ALL can do corrections and of course change the subject line when the email subject changes.... Thanks Darrell, Good topic to understand.. n. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. My Genealogy: http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm GeneticGenealogy: http://www.geneticsand.us Gilpin Worldwide Project: http://www.gilpingenetics.us My Business: http://www.aircastles-internet-marketing.biz With lists to the blogs. > From: JYoung6180@aol.com > Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 15:53:41 -0400 > To: darrellm@sprynet.com; listowners@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LO] I understand *typos* > > I believe the threading is controlled by header fields you can locate in > the expanded headers. It is a part of the references and in-reply-to header > fields: References: <64246984.20120706220244@one-name.org>, > <55CDF5594AAB41F5AD40047AD353EC0F@AroundHome>, > <4FF70D07.8060700@sky.com> <4FF717F7.3060400@sampubco.com>, > <4FF767EC.9080102@sprynet.com> <4FF8099D.8020503@sky.com>, > <4FF852CD.2040808@sampubco.com> <4FF85690.4060809@sampubco.com>, > <4FF8684B.9050506@sprynet.com> > <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> > In-Reply-To: <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> > X-ELNK-Trace: > dc97cceeb839a68e5741bb2dafe82705b7f3a87d4e9c50f182aa343a0673875a8150aa233adf8790350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c > > Joan > > In a message dated 7/7/2012 3:41:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > darrellm@sprynet.com writes: > > That is incorrect. Threading does not depend on the subject text.

Many people, including myself, someimes take the lazy way when we wish to send a NEW message to a list. It is easy just to "reply" to a message already there. However, even if you completely change the subjuct, you end up with what is, for all intentional purposes, a new thread within an existing thread. I have stopped using the "reply" tactic now unless it really IS a genuine reply to the message. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 11m above sea level This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Percival" <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> To: <listowners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [LO] I understand *typos* > > Good information Joan, thanks. > May seem silly but, I never changed the subject line because of this > incorrect opinion. Now, we ALL can do corrections and of course change the > subject line when the email subject changes.... > > Thanks Darrell, Good topic to understand.. > > n. > > > > But > today well lived makes > every yesterday a dream of happiness, and > every tomorrow a vision of hope. > My Genealogy: > http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm > > GeneticGenealogy: http://www.geneticsand.us Gilpin Worldwide Project: > http://www.gilpingenetics.us > > My Business: http://www.aircastles-internet-marketing.biz With lists to > the blogs. > > >> From: JYoung6180@aol.com >> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 15:53:41 -0400 >> To: darrellm@sprynet.com; listowners@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LO] I understand *typos* >> >> I believe the threading is controlled by header fields you can locate in >> the expanded headers. It is a part of the references and in-reply-to >> header >> fields: References: <64246984.20120706220244@one-name.org>, >> <55CDF5594AAB41F5AD40047AD353EC0F@AroundHome>, >> <4FF70D07.8060700@sky.com> <4FF717F7.3060400@sampubco.com>, >> <4FF767EC.9080102@sprynet.com> <4FF8099D.8020503@sky.com>, >> <4FF852CD.2040808@sampubco.com> <4FF85690.4060809@sampubco.com>, >> <4FF8684B.9050506@sprynet.com> >> <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> >> In-Reply-To: <COL116-W55D862BCC6043369F33DDDE4ED0@phx.gbl> >> X-ELNK-Trace: >> dc97cceeb839a68e5741bb2dafe82705b7f3a87d4e9c50f182aa343a0673875a8150aa233adf8790350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c >> >> Joan >> >> In a message dated 7/7/2012 3:41:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> darrellm@sprynet.com writes: >> >> That is incorrect. Threading does not depend on the subject text. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 7/7/2012 4:53 PM, Ian Marr wrote: > Many people, including myself, someimes take the lazy way when we wish to > send a NEW message to a list. It is easy just to "reply" to a message > already there. However, even if you completely change the subjuct, you end > up with what is, for all intentional purposes, a new thread within an > existing thread. > > I have stopped using the "reply" tactic now unless it really IS a genuine > reply to the message. > > Regards, > Ian MARR Ian: In Thunderbird, I can right-click either the "From" address (in this case Ian_marr...) or the "To" address (listowners...) and get a menu that allows me to do several things, one of which is "Compose message to". This allows me to be very nearly as lazy as clicking "Reply" but starts me fresh. I strongly suspect that other major e-mail clients offer the same feature, in one form or another. Darrell