RE: the power of a subject line

[<richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com>]

Good point!! 
Rick

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From: techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+richard -dot- melanson=us -dot- tel -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:45 PM
To: Lauren
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Subject: OT: the power of a subject line

If the topic of discussion shifts in a thread, then the subject line should change to reflect the new topic.

C'mon, we're tech writers. We should know to do this.

On Jan 30, 2008 2:25 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> I'm going back-and-forth through this thread to find the purpose of 
> the thread or at least a primary topic.  It seems like the posters to 
> this thread all have a different topic, so they aren't all talking 
> about apples; they're not even talking about apples and oranges.  
> Heck!  I don't even think these guys are even close to the same orchard basket.

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