Yes, Margaret and Sue, but if you write about something different from
that in indicated subject line, PLEASE give it a new name. A while ago
we had (a) pleasant, joking exchanges between two individuals, (b)
discussions of first vs third world in relation to the internet, and so
on all using the subject line "should we change to a blog?" or some
such. For a while I stopped reading messages with those subjects and
only much later discovered they were about something entirely
different.
Actually, the widespread inability or unwillingness to provide more
informative descriptions of one's messages and the tendency just to hit
return (and not change the subject line) probably tells us more about
writing and the digital life than all the high-flown theorized
discussions we've had: it shows us what people do rather than what they
say they believe and do!
cheers on a sunny day
George
On Aug 6, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Sue Thomas wrote:
> Yes Margaret, you don't need to worry about threads unless you're
> involved
> in a conversation - it's a plain email list which creates its own
> threads as
> we go.
>
> Welcome!
>
> Sue
>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>> I am using a reply buton to a post.
>> Is this all I have to do to get onto this list or do I have to worry
>> about threads?
>> Regards,
>> Margaret
>>
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