[Mailman-Users] How to delete a thread or message.

[Mark Sapiro]

I just added the following caveat to the FAQ at
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.003.htp

CAVEAT: If you delete entire messages from the archive two side effects
occur:

1) Threading may be broken - if C is In-Reply-To: B which is
In-Reply-To: A, and B is deleted, C will no longer be threaded with A.

2) Messages will be renumbered - this may be important if there are
saved links to archive messages. Since the message number is part of
the URI, the saved link will no longer work or will retrieve the wrong
message.

To avoid these problems, instead of deleting the entire message, leave
the headers intact and replace the body with "Message deleted" or some
other meaningful text.

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San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan