Sandman
In article <0ctml9h713s4jbvoqla5nh3dh5bm69ffjq@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens wrote:

Eric Stevens
Unfortunately not all news readers will recognise the change in subject and the response of others may be configurable. But irrespective of how your news reader responds, you started a new thread.

Sandman
Incorrect. A new thread has an empty References: header. Mine did not.

Here is the entire thread again:

http://usenet.sandman.net/reader/index/read?id=153422

Eric Stevens
You can write software to do anything you like. That doesn't mean that it conforms with a standard.

Sandman
Only, mine does. See RFC 5537, section 3.4.4 for reference of how the References: header must be used.