Hi Rev,
Let me try to explain again.
There are two types of "reply" button.
The first type is for general replies. It's a relatively big button, one near the top of the page and another near the bottom, that says in big letters, "Gen Reply". It's for responding to the thread in general rather than to a specific message.
The second type of reply button is for replies to a specific message, and one can be found beneath each message. To find it, look at the bottom of any message. Don't look at the bottom of the page. Look at the bottom of the message. You'll see a row of buttons. The buttons say things like "profile", "mail", "edit", "reply" and "peek".
When replying to a specific message, the little "reply" button at the bottom of the message is the one you want. When you use this button then the message you reply to has your message appended to the list of messages under the heading "Replies to this message" at the bottom of his message (but above the row of little buttons). And your message gets a "This message is a reply to" link back to the message you replied to.
If you instead use the "Gen Reply" button when replying to a specific message, unless you begin with a salutation to someone specific, no one will know who you're replying to. Everyone knows immediately when you've used the "Gen Reply" button because your message has no annotation about which message it is a reply to.
Hope this helps.
-- | Percy |
| EvC Forum Director |