From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 03 2004 - 09:29:46 CST
In <40453248.4040908@erols.com> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:
>.... On further
>consideration, a simple MAY is probably inadequate; we should
>probably specify that if that is done, the followup agent SHOULD
>request confirmation from the user. The reason being to reduce the
>number of instances where the same subject is kept in a thread
>which has mutated to discussion of peripherally related matters,
>then to completely unrelated matters. The idea being to force
>the user to think about what subject to use. However, that is
>not a syntax issue, is only peripherally related to semantics,
>and does not affect network operations. Consequently any such
>text should go in document #3 -- Charles, please make a note of
>that for future reference when we get to that document.
Noted, but I doubt the idea will get far. Given that at least 75% of
articles on Usenet are followups, users are unlikely to to take kindly to
agents which force them to do that every time.
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