On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 1:10 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Can folks please behave a bit better in observing thread rules on > the mailing list? > > It's now getting so that practically every thread is hijacked > several times, and even without changing subject, is often crossed > with something else. > Using threads to follow a topic is getting to be a waste of > time....grumble, grumble (g) > > Anne, help, you're good at chivvying people! > For those who weren't around last time it was said:
If you use Reply but change the subject, you are hijacking. Many of use prefer to read messages threaded. When threads are sorted they use a couple of headers (you can see these if you enable Full Headers in your mail reader) called Message ID and References. This means that your new subject is seen as part of the original thread, which makes it extremely difficult to follow. From your point of view, there is also the fact that many people choose to ignore threads that they can see are being adequately dealt with by someone else. If your post comes in that thread those people will not see it. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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