Re: Subject line vs. V number

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

> > I notice that some replies to the Digest reference a volume and message
> > number in the subject line.  Where does this come from.  I don't see it
> > in messages I received.  'Not a big deal except it slows down scanning
> > of new messages since you cannot tell what the message is in reply to
> > from just the volume number, etc.
>
> this is the volume and digest number for the collected (aka "digest")
> version of the list. when you "just hit reply" to a digest, that's the
> default subject.
>
> it's nice when folks clip out the subject for the message they're replying
> to and replace the generic one, but many don't do that.
>

I find these subject-free messages speed up my scanning of e-mail -- if the
message wasn't interesting enough to identify with a subject, it's not
interesting enough for me to read.  DELETE!

Tony
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