Digest numbers in subject line

[P3D <ronald-beck@xxxxxx>]

Larry,
There are those of us who subscribe in digest mode and post replies from 
time to time and forget to change the subject line.  I have to admit that 
I am guilty of that on several occasions.  When I see a section of the 
digest I want to reply to, I select the REPLY button on my mail reader, 
highlight the section of the digest I want to quote, select the "Cite 
Selection" button which places the text in my reply window and then 
compose my reply.

Occassionally I forget to go up to the header and modify the subject line. 
 When that happens, the subject looks like this...

  Subject: Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2339 
  In-reply-to: photo-3d's message of Tue, 07 Oct 1997 07:48:12 -0500.
	       <9710071248.AA01010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

because I'm replying to the digest.  If I were in regular mode, I could 
reply to the individual messages and the subject line would be correct.  I 
could also probably use the "burst digest" option to divide the digest up 
into individual messages, however that too is more than I want to do.

So, my apologies for past discretions on the subject line as well as 
future discretions.  I know it's going to happen again and I simply ask 
for your forgiveness and understanding.

Regards,
Ron "in digest mode" Beck
photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> There are quite a few new persons on this list, so it seems 
> appropriate to point out once again about basic list usage.

> PLEASE DO NOT PUT DIGEST NUMBERS IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

> There are lots of messages in each digest and each has it's own 
> subject line. It makes searches later very difficult as you have no 
> idea what subject the digest number refers to. When replying to a 
> message in which someone has mistakenly used the digest number, 
> substitute an appropriate word or words that does describe your 
> message.

> Thanks.

> Larry Berlin 



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