On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Ed Greshko <[email protected]> wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: >> >>> You have committed one of the cardinal sins of mail list postings. >>> You've hijacked a thread..... >>> >>> I've deleted the "References" header from this message so it should >>> appear as a new thread. >>> >>> Don't reply to a message, and change the subject to your choice.... >>> that is hijacking. Breaks threading an gives people an upset tummy. >>> >>> >> >> On my machine in evolution it appears as part of the same thread. There >> is obviously something I don't understand about the complaints about >> this that people keep making. >> > Yes.... I probably should have removed a few more headers as well to > totally break it out. But, now this reply will be out of thread with > your response. > > Bottom line.... People start new messages rather than trying to reply > to an old one and then change the subject and all.... So, now that it > is completely mucked over.... :-)
It's worth pointing out that RFC-standard threading is controlled by the In-Reply-To header, not by the Subject, i.e. conforming mail clients pay *no attention* to the Subject header when displaying threads. People who hijack threads and plead that they "fixed" the Subject line should be told about this so they don't do it again. poc -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
