Re: Is it just me "RE:" on 3rd post on

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From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:33:57 -0700

Root... hang onto your seatbelt dear but you and me are old fashioned.
NNTP is seen as a "old" technology. Usenet rules are unknown in the
world of today. More and more people like web interfaces and not
newsreaders dear.

That said, they know and the issues with the Web interface [aka sucky to
me] are in the works

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/community/newsgroup.mspx

root wrote:

> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
> wrote in message news:OZetz$jKEHA.2144@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>It's the Web interface not doing that.
>
>
> Which web interface? Who do we tell that it needs to be fixed?
>
>
>>If a person uses the newsreader
>>it will put on a RE:
>>
>>We get a lot of people coming in from the Web interface. My thunderbird
>>newsreader handles it just fine and still threads okay.
>
>
> I read NGs in message post time sequence(most recent on top) as many folks
> do; ie "Group Messages by Conversation" not checked. The messages do
> behave properly when "Group..." is checked. No "Re:" makes it more
> difficult to spot the first post in a thread which previously has been
> trivial(the one without the "Re:"). "Re:" on messages 2-N of a thread has
> been a Usenet convention for years; changing that is anarchal. Who do we
> yell at to tear down the black flag<g>?
>
>
>>root wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Why is the 2nd post(first response) in a thread more frequently not
>
> getting
>
>>>the "Re:" added to the subject? It makes it hard to find the thread
>>>beginning. What puts the "Re:" there; the newsreader or the news
>
> server?
>
>>>Why does it only seem to be happening here and more frequently? It's
>
> not
>
>>>just an artifact as threads with this defect for this NG today are in
>
> Google
>
>>>groups.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm
>>
>
>
> 

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