On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 08:32:46PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 25 June 2011 13:47:15 Volker Armin Hemmann did opine > thusly: > > On Saturday 25 June 2011 01:09:31 David W Noon wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:12:26 -0700, kashani wrote about > > > [gentoo-user]
> > > Don't start a new thread by changing the subject: > > > > I've noticed this a couple of times this week. A few of > > > > you > > > > have responded to the annoying Fortran thread, changed the > > > > subject, started a new message, and sent the email starting > > > > a new thread. > > > You're a week or two behind the times. The root cause of this > > > was done to death some time ago. It is the bofh.it NNTP server > > > that propagates this mailing list through Usenet. There is > > > nothing we can do except avoid using servers downstream from > > > that rogue server. > > completely different problem. > > there are: > > lazy idiots hitting 'reply' and then create a new message breaking > > threads. Suddenly you have a misnamed subthread confusing everybody > > or annoy me. > > stupid servers mangling headers breaking threads so answers create > > new threads. > > Of course, those who use usenet servers for gentoo-ml are to be > > blamed for the second problem. Is there any good, valid reason to > > do so? > Lots of good reasons - usenet has been around for yonks, mailing lists > work like usenet groups, users would like to use an nntp app to read > ml mail. Good motivation to write proper gateways. As a matter of interest, posting to gentoo-user via NNTP seems to be blocked by the moderation software. At least it was a few weeks ago when I tried to post that way. > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
