Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Random Junk (Really subject lines) Message-ID: <2393@sun.uucp> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 05:54:13 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2393 Posted: Mon Jul 8 05:54:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:21:05 EDT References: <1495@utah-gr.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 17 > Why do people generate subject lines like the above when writing > followups? Today in net.cooks I saw one that said > Re: hot pepper oil (really caramel sauce) > > The one subject has absolutely nothing to do with the other, and hot > pepper oil was mentioned nowhere in the article. Does the news software > make it so hard to change the subject line on a followup? No; in fact, the person who added the "(really caramel sauce)" did change the subject line. I presume they left the original junk in there because they thought it would tie it in better with the original article. If I post a followup to an article which diverges from the topic of the original article, I just replace the subject line in its entirety; if people really want a pointer back to the original article, they can use the "References:" line. Guy Harris