Unbelievable. You need to get a life.


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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:19:17 -0400, "thunder" wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:41:41 +0000, wrote:


Is it just my newsreader? If so, I'll complain to Forte.

I don't know if it is just your newsreader. I'm using Pan and it is
still the same thread, albeit a different header.

What do you mean, "different header"? Subject line? If so, that is my
point.

Let me rephrase my question. Did the subject change between the
original post and the post from Jim? It certainly appears to me that
it did. What is a newsreader supposed to do, ignore the required
"Subject: " header and go exclusively by the "Message-ID: " header? I
think not.

If you (and you specifically said you didn't) or your software package
arbitrarily changes the subject in a Usenet post then it has caused
the creation of another thread and should be depicted as such.

Perhaps a quick read of RFC 2822 is in order.

The original post had the following headers:

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:31:54 -0400
From: Harry Krause
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The reply post from Jim had the following headers:

From: "Jim"
Newsgroups: rec.boats
References:
Subject: The Latest Bush-ism...
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Again. If the subject has changed, you have started a new thread.