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Subject: Re: Misleading Thread Titles

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 08:40:06 10/11/00

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On October 11, 2000 at 11:08:42, Mike S. wrote:

>While removal of "NT" if you have text is natural, changes of the topic line
>have the effect of ripping the thread in pieces as soon as the earlier postings
>are moved to page 2 (after 36 hours). It's no solution to change the filter
>parameters, because a very long message listing is very uncomfortable. Identical
>topic lines keep the postings connected.
>
>So, I'd say think twice before changing the topic line. If you really want to
>start another discussion, I think it's better to write a new "first" message.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl

I'm not sure what you mean. In the following example, how was the thread "ripped
into shreads" despite the original post being over 36 (or whatever) hours old?

Re: CM8000 -- Some news - Dave Gomboc 00:50:26 10/10/2000 (1)
     Re: CM8000 -- Some news - Christophe Theron 02:43:07 10/10/2000 (1)
          Re: CM8000 -- Some news - Michael Cummings 04:27:58 10/10/2000 (1)
               Re: CM8000 -- Some news - Andrew Dados 15:41:27 10/10/2000 (1)
                    Off-topic: copy protection - Dave Gomboc 16:56:40 10/10/2000
(1)
                         Re: Off-topic: copy protection - Michael Cummings
03:03:11 10/11/2000 (0)
Re: pircay - Francesco Di Tolla 03:54:38 10/10/2000 (1)
     Re: pircay - John Merlino 14:20:10 10/10/2000 (1)
          Re: pircay - Michael Cummings 03:11:26 10/11/2000 (0)
Re: CM8000 -- Some news - Jason Williamson 07:04:32 10/10/2000 (0)

Everything has remained in order as far I can tell. The first post above is:

http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?132400



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