Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman) (01/11/91)
Index Number: 12821
The main reason for the subject line problems is that some BBS systems make it
nearly impossible to reply to a message and change the subject line. In many
cases, to leave a response with a different subject, you have to 1) write down
the number of the message 2) go back through several menus 3) enter a new
message 4) go back through several more menus and 5) pick up where you left
off (by entering the message number you wrote down; on some systems, "read
new messages" means "read messages that were posted since your last logon"
rather than "read messages that you haven't read yet" and so once you drop
out of the "read new messages" menu to write a response, you can't pick up
with "read new messages again"). Often you can't quote unless you use the
reply feature; while this helps discourage over-quoting, it often means that
the writer will lose his train of thought and forget some point in the
original message (it often helps to quote and then delete the quoted lines as
each point is replied to).
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