[Coco] E-mail Netiquette: How to Start a New Thread

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:57:26 -0500
Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, well the link explains what the issue would be with some email
> software.
> 
> This “internet etiquette” issue has never been a problem for me with
> Gmail and Apple Mail, but then, I’ve never understood the need for
> more than one type of fork at the dinner table either.
> 
> <http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table_setting/place_setting/flatware/forks.html
> <http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table_setting/place_setting/flatware/forks.html>>
> 
> I’m guilty of doing this almost every time, but since it’s a problem
> for some, and I now understand the issue, I’ll do my best not to do
> it again.
> 
> But I refuse to comply with the fork thing.  :)
> 
> - Ed

	More forks means you can eat more and still be polite (you
change forks halfway thru the meal).

> > On Sep 23, 2015, at 8:26 AM, John W. Linville
> > <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Of the dozens (perhaps hundreds) of email lists in which I
> > participate, none of them has as much trouble with people hijacking
> > threads instead of starting new threads than this one does.
> > 
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/netiquette/email/start-n
> > ew-thread.html
> > 
> > Please -- when you want to start a new thread (i.e. a new subject
> > for discussion), send a new message rather than just replying to an
> > existing one with a changed subject!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John
> > -- 
> > John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero,
> > and you linville at tuxdriver.com			might be all
> > we have.  Be ready.


Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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