Re: [Evolution] How to turn off new message notification

[Dinbandhu <dinbandhu sprynet com>]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 18:25 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 17:12 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 16:45 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> > > > Please do not start a new thread by replying to a message (thread) and
> > > > changing the subject.  Start with a new email to the list
> > >
> > > oops. sorry about that. Usually I delete the "Re:" but forgot to this
> > > time. That is what you are referring to, right?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > There are actually special headers in every reply message which can be
> > used to track threads of email.  When you reply to a message, the
> > previous values are kept and a new value is added.  For modern mail
> > clients that track mail threads using these headers, replying to a
> > message will always put that message into the thread of the original.
> >
> > Just taking out the Re: won't fix this.
> >
> > You should never reply to an existing message unless you're trying to
> > add information to that thread.  If you want to start a brand new
> > thread, then you can right-click on the email address, then choose "Send
> > new message to" instead.
>
> Or just left-click on the address and get a new message composer window
> directly.

Thanks to both of you. --very good information.