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Re: Change of Subject

From VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Change of Subject
Date 2025-05-03 09:47 -0500
Organization Usenet Elder
Message-ID <1lc386f3lpjus.dlg@v.nguard.lh> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <1swf1gdpae8ba.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <vuieed$26dj0$1@dont-email.me> <vuj3g5.aos.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <1gln7kxweipjw.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <vv53t0$3iued$1@dont-email.me>

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Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>                  
>> Netiquette when modifying the Subject header (which adding SOLVED or
>> changing to just SOLVED would do) is to show the new Subject header and
>> append "(was: <originalSubject>)", so here it looked like:
>> 
>> Solved (was: No CMD)
> 
> Did you notice how the Subject: changed from your 'Change of Subject 
> (was: No CMD)' to my 'Re: Change of Subject' ??

When modifying the Subject, the "(was:...)" postfix should get added
automatically by a proper NNTP client to show the original Subject.  

When replying to an article with the "(was:...)" postfix, the client
/should/ remove the postfix.  It is not necessary nor desirable to keep
carrying forward that Subject changed at some point indicating a change
in topic, or discuss a side topic.

Notice how "(was:...)" did not get appended when your client added the
"Re:" prefix.  Technically that is a change in Subject, but it used as a
qualifier to denote a reply to the same Subject.

> My SeaMonkey Suite (and, I think, Thunderbird) does that auto-
> magically ... getting rid of the bracketed stuff!

So does mine (40tude Dialog).  Proper NNTP clients should.

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No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 10:36 +0100
  Re: No CMD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 06:31 -0400
  Re: No CMD VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-25 06:05 -0500
    Re: No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 14:42 +0100
      Re: No CMD MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-04-25 15:47 +0100
      Re: No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 16:16 +0100
        Re: No CMD VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-25 12:53 -0500
          Re: No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 20:05 +0100
            Re: No CMD VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-25 20:53 -0500
              Re: No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-26 12:00 +0100
                Re: No CMD Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-26 15:01 +0000
                Change of Subject (was: No CMD) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-26 18:50 -0500
                Re: Change of Subject Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-04-26 19:13 -0500
                Re: Change of Subject VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-26 19:40 -0500
                Re: Change of Subject Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-03 22:58 +1000
                Re: Change of Subject VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-03 09:47 -0500
                Re: No CMD Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-26 15:48 -0700
    Re: No CMD "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 11:12 -0400
      Re: No CMD Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 17:19 +0100
  SOLVED Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 17:40 +0100
    Re: SOLVED Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 16:19 -0400
    Re: SOLVED VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-25 22:19 -0500
    Re: SOLVED Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-05-13 18:47 +0100
  Re: No CMD Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-25 13:14 -0700
    Re: No CMD Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-04-26 00:14 -0500
      Re: No CMD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-04-26 11:02 +0200
        Re: No CMD Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-04-26 20:48 -0500
          Re: No CMD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-04-27 08:45 +0200
      Re: No CMD Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-26 15:52 -0700
      Re: No CMD VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-26 19:36 -0500
        Re: No CMD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-04-27 13:12 +0200
          Re: No CMD John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-04-28 20:11 +0100
            Re: No CMD "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-04-28 23:15 +0200

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