Re: [gentoo-user] Hijacking threads

2008-08-28 Thread Suman Chakrabarty
Stroller wrote: > > On 28 Aug 2008, at 07:40, Suman Chakrabarty wrote: >> >> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> >> After successful installation of Gentoo 2008 on an old Compaq Pressario >> notebook, I was trying to emerge kde-meta on it, but was not

[gentoo-user] Hijacking threads

2008-08-28 Thread Stroller
On 28 Aug 2008, at 07:40, Suman Chakrabarty wrote: References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> After successful installation of Gentoo 2008 on an old Compaq Pressario notebook, I was trying to emerge kde-meta on it, but was not successful. :( Please don't

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:42:49 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Who uses KDE nowadays anyway ;) Linus :P -- Neil Bothwick Feminism: the radical notion that women are people. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-15 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > Who uses KDE nowadays anyway ;) /me does. Whenever I tried Gnome or XFCE in the past, they have been deinstalled again faster than I could spell their names :-) If I need something slim and fast, I take FVWM. :-) Bye... Dirk -- Dir

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:34 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Let me get this striaght: Claws will change your "from" account > depending on what mail folder you're in when you hit "new"? If so, I > switching to claws! From: and To: if you want, signatures too. -- Neil Bothwick Madness takes i

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 08:16 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > > > 1. find email from list > > 2. click email address in "to" field (new email to that recipient is > > created) > > 3. write subject > > 4. write email > > 5. send > > or (in KMail,

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 00:58 -0300, luis jure wrote: > El Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:17:42 -0600 > "Conway S. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > In my version of Claws, this only works for News folders, not > > for regular mail folders. Am I missing something? Are you using > > Gmane or some suc

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-14 Thread luis jure
El Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:17:42 -0600 "Conway S. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > In my version of Claws, this only works for News folders, not > for regular mail folders. Am I missing something? Are you using > Gmane or some such mail/news proxy? Is this a new feature in 3.4? i'm using (ol

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-14 Thread Conway S. Smith
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:40:34 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) > In my version of Claws, this only works for News folders, not for regular mail folders. Am I missing something? Are you using Gmane or some such mail/news proxy? Is

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-14 Thread luis jure
El Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:40:34 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) wow, years using claws mail, and i wasn't aware of this feature... thanks. (i also discovered other features, like default account, spell dictionary, etc) -- gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:25:18 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) > > what if I am in a ml folder but don't want to send a mail to that ml? > Removing adress again? Yes, unless you habitually write mails to other addresses while in mailing li

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-13 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Freitag, 13. Juni 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:11 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Who has a shorter way? ;-) > > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) what if I am in a ml folder but don't want to send a mail to that ml? Removing adress again? -- gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:12:53 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) > > That would be as short, but not shorter, right? It would if you wrote a shorter email :P -- Neil Bothwick Random access is the optimum of the mass storages. signature.asc De

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-13 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:11 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Who has a shorter way? ;-) > > In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) That would be as short, but not shorter, right? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | T

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:16:11 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Who has a shorter way? ;-) In Claws Mail, hit New while in the ML folder :) -- Neil Bothwick Press any key to continue or any other key to quit signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > 1. find email from list > 2. click email address in "to" field (new email to that recipient is > created) > 3. write subject > 4. write email > 5. send or (in KMail, given that one uses its mailing list functions): 1a. hit --n in the folder

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Stroller wrote: | | On 12 Jun 2008, at 02:41, Chris Walters wrote: [snip my mumbo jumbo] | | The problem with pointing it out privately is that that doesn't educate | anyone else - thus it's more work to point it out privately to the next | person,

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 PaulNM wrote: | Chris Walters wrote: | |> |> Everyone makes mistakes, and it is can be good to point them out, |> though I do |> think this thread is a bit of overkill - a private message to the |> person who |> made the mistake is usually enough. |

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:11 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:26:29 +0100, Stroller wrote: > > > > I guess most of us choose the reply-button, cause it' easier than > > > having to look-up the email address. > > > > My email client allows me to right-click on a recipient of

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:26:29 +0100, Stroller wrote: > > I guess most of us choose the reply-button, cause it' easier than > > having to look-up the email address. > > My email client allows me to right-click on a recipient of an > existing message and choose "new message", creating an empty

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Stroller
On 12 Jun 2008, at 18:07, Thomas Pedersen wrote: ... (Just to take this further; you good argue that the mail clients is using a wrong method of detecting these threads, cause it depends on the users' habits. No, I'd disagree with this. If the topic starts off as "ALSA Mixer problems" and

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Thomas Pedersen
Stroller skrev: On 12 Jun 2008, at 02:41, Chris Walters wrote: ... Everyone makes mistakes, and it is can be good to point them out, though I do think this thread is a bit of overkill - a private message to the person who made the mistake is usually enough. The problem with pointing it out

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread Stroller
On 12 Jun 2008, at 02:41, Chris Walters wrote: ... Everyone makes mistakes, and it is can be good to point them out, though I do think this thread is a bit of overkill - a private message to the person who made the mistake is usually enough. The problem with pointing it out privately is t

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-12 Thread PaulNM
Chris Walters wrote: Everyone makes mistakes, and it is can be good to point them out, though I do think this thread is a bit of overkill - a private message to the person who made the mistake is usually enough. I agree the thread is overkill, the first message was not. Stroller's message

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2008, William Kenworthy wrote: > too old to stop now ... been at it since the 90's when I first started > using email ... I am sure even back then people told you to stop it. Or did you only mail AOlusers ;P -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread William Kenworthy
too old to stop now ... been at it since the 90's when I first started using email ... :) BillK On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 05:25 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > so when will you stop top posting? too old to stop now ... been at it since the 90's when I first started using email ... :) BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2008, William Kenworthy wrote: > at one time I had a couple of people have a go at me over thread > hi-jacking. Turned out to be a bug in THEIR version of KMail. I did > enjoy sticking the boot in as one of them was most ungracious about it. > > Moral: make sure you are ri

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread William Kenworthy
Alan, on rereading this it might look like I am having a poke at you but this is not the case - its just the message I replied to to enter the thread. Being publicly sorry for stuffing up :) BillK On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:52 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > at one time I had a couple of people

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread William Kenworthy
at one time I had a couple of people have a go at me over thread hi-jacking. Turned out to be a bug in THEIR version of KMail. I did enjoy sticking the boot in as one of them was most ungracious about it. Moral: make sure you are right then be nice and polite - or accept the VERY PUBLIC conseque

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hal Martin wrote: | Alan McKinnon wrote: |> On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: [snip] |> No, he did not start a new thread. Other wise why does his mail have |> this header; |> |> In-Reply-To: |> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] | Quite right, m

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Aaron Clark
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: Using Thunderbird it appeared to be a new thread, the same applies to the GMail web interface. Interesting. I wonder what mechanism those clients use to determine threads then (I use neither myself)? Actually, in threaded m

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > > Using Thunderbird it appeared to be a new thread, the same applies to > > the GMail web interface. > > Interesting. I wonder what mechanism those clients use to determine > threads then (I use neithe

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > Using Thunderbird it appeared to be a new thread, the same applies to > the GMail web interface. Interesting. I wonder what mechanism those clients use to determine threads then (I use neither myself)? -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail d

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:42:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please don't hijack threads like this. > > Even if that were an example of thread hijacking, are you perfect? > Have you never made a mistake? What is the relevance of that. We all make mistakes, some learn fro them and help othe

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Hal Martin
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: [snip] I'm sorry, but I fail to see why the above example mentioned qualifies as Thread Hijacking. He started a new thread to pose his question, and, if anything, was only being indirect in asking it. No, he did not st

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Justin
Thomas Pedersen schrieb: Two points: 1) Yeah you're right about not living in a glass house, and make a big deal out of nothing ;) 2) Thanks for letting us know about the differences about clicking reply and compose new ... I'm actually sure not all of us was aware about this difference J

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Thomas Pedersen
Two points: 1) Yeah you're right about not living in a glass house, and make a big deal out of nothing ;) 2) Thanks for letting us know about the differences about clicking reply and compose new ... I'm actually sure not all of us was aware about this difference Just a comment... Thomas -

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Hal Martin wrote: [snip] > I'm sorry, but I fail to see why the above example mentioned > qualifies as Thread Hijacking. He started a new thread to pose his > question, and, if anything, was only being indirect in asking it. No, he did not start a new thread. Other wis

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread felix
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 05:54:35PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > Please don't hijack threads like this. Even if that were an example of thread hijacking, are you perfect? Have you never made a mistake? If someone does it over and over, then complain. Otherwise buy yourself a glass house. --

Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Hal Martin
Stroller wrote: On 10 Jun 2008, at 21:55, Thomas Pedersen wrote: Was thinking of buying the Western Digital' My Book® Home Edition™, specially because of the eSATA connection... I heard they have an internal USB-hub for making the capacity gauge working. I'm sorry, but I fail to see why the a

[gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-06-11 Thread Stroller
On 10 Jun 2008, at 21:55, Thomas Pedersen wrote: Was thinking of buying the Western Digital' My Book® Home Edition™, specially because of the eSATA connection... I heard they have an internal USB-hub for making the capacity gauge working. Please don't hijack threads like this. http://en.

[gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS

2008-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 10 Apr 2008, at 16:29, Mario Ignacio Rodríguez Cortés wrote: ... I have a problem at the moment that i try to execute a command as a sudo user, quikly, I have two machines, the first is my LDAP server and the second is my client on LDAP ... Please don't hijack threads like this: http:/