Hi, Firstly, sorry about the hijacking... didnt mean to do it... glad you told me how to start a new one... apologies to the person who's thread i hijacked... Second, thanks for the link... Aman --- Raj Shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > Please see > http://geocities.com/lunatech3007/how-to/html/howto_13.html > > for other video players available in Linux. Try some > other options and > see which one works for you. > > Secondly, please do not hijack a thread. I have > started a new thread for > you, use it for further discussion. A longer > explanation of thread > hijacking is below. > > To start a new topic of discussion (commonly called > a thread), compose a > new message. Hit the "Write new message" button (or > whatever button > your client uses). Type in the address of the > mailing list as the To > address. This is the only way to actually start a > new thread. > > Please start a new thread instead of taking an > already ongoing one, > changing the subject line and posting it again. The > subject line is only > loosely related to the threading. Every mail > message has a > message-id. When you "reply" or "followup" to a > message, you client is > supposed to put a References header with the > message-id of the message > you are replying to. > > If you use an existing thread, the result is that > your question is > buried below unrelated questions when looking at the > mailing list in a > threaded way. This is known as "Hijacking threads". > It causes > information to be lost and you'll be less likely to > get an answer. In > my mail client, all messages in the same thread are > collapsed to a > single line in my subjects list until i read the > first one. > > I'm not intending this message as a flame. I'm > simply trying to educate > readers what "hijacking" the thread means and how > it's harmful. > > -- > / \__ > ( @\___ Raj Shekhar > / O My home : > http://geocities.com/lunatech3007/ > / (_____/ My blog : > http://lunatech.journalspace.com/ > /_____/ U > > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
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