A small matter of list etiquette: don't reply to existing post to start a new topic

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Osman Eralp

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Feb 26, 2013, 12:39:40 PM2/26/13
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When you want to start a conversation on a new topic, please do not reply to an email on an existing post and change the subject. Instead, start a new email or start a new topic using the Web interface to the group, located here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hbrobotics. If you reply to an existing email, your message will be combined with previous messages. In threaded mail clients and in the web interface, this means your new email will be mixed in with the existing conversation. This has a couple of negative effects:
1. It can be confusing to the reader and annoying to the original poster because the rogue post usurps control over the thread.
2. Your post will not be seen by people who are not reading the thread to which you replied.

Thanks in advance for helping to keep our group properly threaded!
Osman
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