I guess, if you don't like multiple Re:'s, you simply remove them from the subject when you reply. I know of at least one monk who does this on a regular basis.

Liz

Yes, and that one monk finds it annoying that it has to be done over and over again. That one monk wishes the software would take care of it.

Abigail

*lol* I'm sorry for posting this, when it's allready discussed into great detail. My humble appologies, but I have to agree with that one certain monk ;)

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I know of at least one other who feels the same way ;-)

Strange.. so many of them, huh?

Makeshifts last the longest.

I like knowing how deep in a thread a node is. Having multiple "Re:"s is ugly, and many monks use various numbering schemes (any of which would probably suffice); but in the absence of an alternative that still indicates depth, I'd prefer not to squash the multpile "Re:"s down to a single one.

I don't know about you, but I don't view PM nodes in a threaded mail reader. I often check the newest nodes, however, and when a monk removes those tags there is no way for me to tell how far off on a tangent his reply might be.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

It seems like it would be a Good Thing, then, to have the depth of a node listed separately, rather than encoded in the Title. Of course, not all Good Things can be implemented.

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I often check the newest nodes, however, and when a monk removes those tags there is no way for me to tell how far off on a tangent his reply might be.

I think you really need to look at each message to tell how far off tangent it is :)

I think you really need to look at each message to tell how far off tangent it is :)

In order to be absolutely sure, that's true. Still, a node 8 levels deep is less likely to be relevant to the original post than one that's only 1 or two levels deep.

Of course, there are plenty of interesting things that get said 8 levels deep in various threads but, in order to put them in context, it helps to read the whole thread. I've often seen a node come up in newest nodes titled "Re: Some Random Subject" and then, when I read it, I find I'm deep in a thread and need to find my way back to a place where the context is clear.

I am a fan, by the way, of retitling a reply entirely once it gets sufficiently off the original topic.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

I don't view PM nodes in a threaded mail reader.

Pardon my ignorance, but is it even possible? :)

Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET

is it even possible?

Sure, it's possible. Given that a Perlmonks -> NNTP Gateway already exists, it wouldn't even be difficult.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

Just adding my name to the petition for a "fix" to this. It is annoying. I've gotten into the groove of making sure I do a quick mental ++$i while s/\ARe: //g; $_ = "Re^$i: $_"; before posting my reply. Looking at my writeups, I see I missed a few this year. So I just fixed them.

.oO(How much disk space have the Re:'s taken up since perlmonks was born?)

(The joke title will be gone in a day No it won't I like it now!)