There is a small problem with emails that warn us about new replies in a thread we subscribe.
The mail show us a link that will point to the *newest post* in that thread, although we may have received that message for another post, much before the newest one.
For example, a message contains the text:
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Dear [username],
[someone] has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to
entitled - Bla bla bla bla- in the Programming forum of
LinuxQuestions.org.
This thread is located at:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/
programming-9/bla-bla-bla-bla-1234567890-new/
I discovered this when I wanted to reread previous posts in a discussion, and decided to use the links in messages received by their posts, and it did not work as expected.
I expected these message to have the links like
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/
programming-9/bla-bla-bla-bla-1234567890/
page2.html#post5678901
which are permanent.
I think the permament links are better because we will not miss posts by not always checking if the previous post is already read, like I saw anohter user recently doing, probably due this detail. Mail messages are permanent, have words directed to specific facts, so should contain permanent links.