Re: Clutter Reduction/Replyng to Messages

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Our Board has so many nice features; and one feature in particular I

rather enjoy. If a member posts a message, and a member or several

members reply to that message, those replies are recorded at the end

of the original message. If a new message is created, that reply

does not register as a reply to the original message, but rather

starts another thread.

I'll use Message Number 23028 as a good example of what I'm referring

to. Click the message below; then scroll down to the bottom of that

message. There you will see all the replies to that message,

including the message number, the author's email address and the date

the reply was posted.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/message/23028

Please also note that when replying to any message, you may change

the subject or re line. Despite the change in the topic line, that

message will also be recorded as a reply to the original message. But

again, if you should start a completely new message, it is not

recorded as a reply to the original message. Its kinda nice to view

a message and scroll down and see *all* the replies to that

particular message. You also have the opportunity of clicking just

the replies to that message rather than scrolling through the Message

Board for anything related to that subject.

This is just one of many reasons I would encourage our Individual and

Digest Email Members to visit our Board often.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/messages

Hopefully, this will be a helpful hint to our new folk - and if any

member would like to add anything here pertaining to this feature,

please feel free.

Ellen(

(It's going to be 70 degrees tomorrow in NC)

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" kageygreenbay " <KageyD@a...> wrote:

> (snip) When comment to a person or an issue, I pretty much

> always post my response as a NEW post, often beginning it with

> TO: Person X, or make clear in the Subject line what my post is

> about. (snip) Kathleen

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[Guest guest]

Two other advantages to replying to a message rather than creating

new:

(1) The author of the original message can check out all his replies

on one convenient screen; and

(2) The Moderators/Members can review the message board to see which

topic has the word " Re " before it. If there is no " Re " in the

subject line, they assume that that message has not as yet had a

response.

Take a look at Message#22878 below entitled Flecainide. That message

had nine replies.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/message/22878

Ellen

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(snip)If a member posts a message, and a member or several

> members reply to that message, those replies are recorded at the

>end of the original message. If a new message is created, that

>reply does not register as a reply to the original message, but

rather starts another thread. (snip)

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[Guest guest]

Sorry everyone - I didn't mean to say that if the message didn't have

a " Re " in the subject line, you could assume it had no response.

What I actually meant to say is that all the responses to that

message have a " Re " in the subject line - and if I scroll through and

there is no " Re " for that particular topic - then I assume there is

no response.

Oh boy ~~~~~~~~~ I think I'll quit while I'm ahead! This is clear as

mud...right? Anyway, I sure hope someone understands me. Just humor

me, and say " Yeah! "

Check the " Re " lines out:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/messages

Ellen

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(snip) review the message board to see which topic has the

>word " Re " before it. If there is no " Re " in the subject line, they

>assume that that message has not as yet had a response. (snip)

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[Guest guest]

Ellen and all - I didn't know about this linking feature, and can

see the potential value in the linkage Ellen describes. But --- I

wonder how many forum members actually use this linking

feature except on rare occasion? Well, if everyone remembers to

Snip, Snip, Snip, the clutter will still be reduced that way..

Kathleen

" Ellen G. " <failteg@j...> wrote:

> Our Board has so many nice features; and one feature in

particular I rather enjoy. If a member posts a message, and a

member or several members reply to that message, those

replies are recorded at the end of the original message. (snip,

snip......)