Speaking of Onelist...
"Robert J. Brown" (rj@eli.elilabs.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:03:09 -0600
>>>>> "sterrett" == sterrett <sterrett@juno.com> writes:
sterrett> Just a thought....when debating, how about trying to
sterrett> find a way of setting up your replies with 1. 2. 3. Or
sterrett> I II III IV etc This way, when someone makes reference,
sterrett> they can point to which comment, and debate that point.
sterrett> Trying to narrow it down to one point at a time would
sterrett> help tremendously and I think we would lose some of the
sterrett> watering down of the main issue.
>From the *COMPLETE* header of the message you just sent, I see:
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The header item:
Message-ID: <19981027.165958.4271.2.sterrett@juno.com>
is a unique identifier for your message. Mail readers that support
"threading" will keep things organized along thread lines if you tell
them to.
This Message-ID is also useful to specify in your text if you wish to
reference a specific posting. If everyone used threading mail
readers, the archives would keep messages neatly sorted along thread
lines as well, even if the Subject: header contents changed in the
course of the discussion.
I propose that Message-ID be used as the universal reference method
for any debate mailing list when a previous posting is being
referenced. For other references, a URL is sufficient for on-line
references, and the usual scholarly bibliographical techniques should
be used for more conventional (old fashioned) citations.
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