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Date:	Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:55:40 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: To Sandy Shapiro, a request

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> Mea culpa.
>
> Sorry, I didn't realize that was happening.
>
> Sandy
>
> Ray Davison wrote:
>>
>> Please use compose rather that reply to start a new message.

I meant to say new subject. You shouldn't use compose to reply to a
previous message.

A rather common - all too common - exception to the one subject per
thread rule, is when one subject gradually evolves into another
subject. At some point someone will take a message that was "Subject
A" and create a reply that has a subject line "Subject B, was Subject
A". Then they will proceed to discuss subject B. This technique is
rarely justified. A different subject deserves it's own thread.

Ray

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