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Re: Change of Subject

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VanguardLH wrote on 4/26/2025 6:50 PM:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>>> Update:
>>>>
>>>> I did not see your "SOLVED" subthread, because one of my filters
>>>> flags posts that have all uppercase in the Subject.
>>>
>>> It used be standard good netiquette to put "solved" in upper case; in
>>> Web and Usenet threads. I'm not going to apologise for having done it
>>> here.
>>
>> Well, the "standard good netiquette" was/is to *add* 'SOLVED' in the
>> subject line, not to replace the subject. But you're forgiven! :-)
> 
> 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)
> 
> I have also seen:
> 
> Solved - No CMD
> 
> I don't recall "Solved" was to be all uppercased, but I don't visit all
> newsgroups.  Been in Usenet since around 92.  At the height of where I
> visited, I used to inhabit 52 newsgroups, but that's waned to 19 now.
> 
> If the original Subject was still there, and "SOLVED" had been added,
> the Subject would not have been all uppercase: the "o" was lowercase.
> Prepending "Solved" would also not have the Subject as all uppercase.
> I'll look into my all-uppercase filter to see if I can add an exception
> for just "SOLVED"; i.e., Subject starts with "solved" whether upper- or
> lowercase, or mix of both; however, that would permit starter posts that
> aren't replies, like "SOLVE YOUR DEBT".
> 

Here is a forum that might help you and ed.

https://able2know.org/forum/english_grammar/

Many experts there that can nitpick the tiniest of grammar mistakes.

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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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