[SciPy-Dev] email client is misconfigured - replies are breaking the threading

[Andras Deak]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Robert Lucente <rlucente at pipeline.com> wrote:
>>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>>than "Re: Contents of SciPy-Dev digest..."
>
> It seems that I am screwing up changing the email "Subject".
>
> I received the email w/ the subject "Re: SciPy-Dev Digest, Vol 171, Issue 42"
>
> I have changed the email subject to "Re: [SciPy-Dev] email client is misconfigured - replies are breaking the threading".
>
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:00:55 +0100
>>From: Andras Deak <deak.andris at gmail.com>
>>To: SciPy Developers List <scipy-dev at python.org>
>>Subject: Re: [SciPy-Dev] email client is misconfigured - replies are
>>       breaking the threading
>
> ...
>
>>Looking at both gmail's view and the online archives at
>>https://mail.python.org/pipermail/scipy-dev/2018-January/thread.html
>>it seems that the subject of your emails that broke their respective
>>threads were edited. If you're posting to a thread, you should
>>probably preserve the automatic reply subject.
>>For example, there was a thread
>>"[SciPy-Dev] What we do struggle with is lack of progress on big-ticket items"
>>then a new thread
>>"[SciPy-Dev] What we do struggle with is lack of progress on"
>>then
>>"[SciPy-Dev] What we do struggle with is lack of progress on (Ralf Gommers) "
>>
>>As you see, every new thread at the archive corresponds to a change in
>>e-mail subject.
>
> Do I have the correct email subject? I am not sure whether or not to include "Re: " in the subject.
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Ah, I didn't realize you had a digest subscription! Yes, leaving the
"Re: " is fine, the mailing list engine expects that (your last e-mail
kept the thread nicely). But other than that the subject should be the
same. When in doubt you can check the threaded view of the online
archive.

András