Re: Reply to Single Threads
From: Happy (happy_at_trial.ca)
Date: 02/05/05
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:10:30 -0400
Do both "Reply" and "Reply group" appear in the thread?
"N. Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c6c1ef0184b884f98a633@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <BF75BEAE-5535-4B46-90EE-4075261AD2DA@microsoft.com>,
> =?Utf-8?B?
> RHJZYXVuZXk=?= says...
>
>> How do you reply to a single thread without sending your reply to the
>> entire
>> group?
>
> You don't. The thread is in the group. Your reply will be threaded with
> all
> of the other replies. In most cases, you use the reply button within the
> message to which you wish to respond, not in the final message in the
> thread. Your reply will then be threaded directly below the article you
> replied (in news groups, the reply is, technically, a "followup").
>
> While I am at it, in a lengthy article, you should trim the quote down to
> just the relevant parts you will comment on, and then post your comments
> directly below the quoted text. Some people are wedded to either bottom
> posting, or top posting; but full quoting in either case is rude. Inline
> quoting works best to maintain a context.
>
> Keep in mind that some readers will come into a thread after the original
> post has aged off a server, or there may be other propagation issues which
> will hamper a persons's sense of continuity. Relevant quotes, with
> commentary directly below, will facilitate a better understanding of the
> topic under discussion.
>
> Oh. I see. You are using the clunky web interface to the groups:
>
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>
> That appears in the headers of your post; which you can't see because the
> web view does not give you the means to see the full article headers. If
> you
> set up MSOE to access "msnew.microsoft.com" (no log in required), you can
> subscribe to the groups which interest you, and you get an easier (to me,
> anyway) means of browsing the articles in the groups.
>
> Tools > Accounts > News will do it...
>
> --
> Norman
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>
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