-----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, my mistake for looking into it further. |> [snip] |> That's not how you determine if a thread has been hijacked. The Re: is |> simply a subject line and can be edited. Deleting all content from a |> previous post is also not it, as thread-aware mail clients use |> extended headers to do it, specifically In-Reply-To and References |> |> | Using Thunderbird it appeared to be a new thread, the same applies to | the GMail web interface. However, on closer inspection of the message | header, it does appear to be a case of thread hijacking. My mistake, and | I would retract my previous comments regarding the matter. I instead | wish to resubmit my response on thread hijacking: | | Thread Hijacking is bad, don't do it. | | -Hal
Just a small point here. Mozilla Thunderbird has a threaded view option that allows you to view entire threads, without regard to the subject line, so it is thread aware - you just have to set the right options. Viewing it that way, it is clear to see that the message in question, was a case of thread hijacking. Is it the crime of the century? No. Is it something people want to see on a mailing list like this? No. 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. Just my $0.020000000000001 Regards, Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJIUH62AAoJEIAhA8M9p9DA0MIP/jydPqDxINeE6ZLkV0Zfhngr sYtZHLsXcjMZBAAL/fgBQMvNj4HVY8OFSkEuQWv/9iT4/f0wPYstqPZva7CfeIH5 P/miIo+XVROEMvOHMpvCsmkZ89O+YbBW8zfx864z8zUKFXNw8hAnafDgTqUaNSbA CsYMyERADQ9vTtcjPPgmE1yVYIj8Da2wbRyCF4Y7cM6x1GMGeP8LHL41LchiHEq3 aVli95H94Y7WFi32WlerE//+LH5JFiBgQX31ifTgDjzRoxl0Gznhm3Iy8KYY2n/h VL51RuYWdkJxeXghGSL4d1vQy3PqzlmWKLwR3t2YaUQIsruovh+EgGmWWWiAYe8Y 6y9aWyw4VjiVNuqE8/Aa3qAbWtyMXJHzp32DnN8HLcVmLnMZtFkBYCO7VPqSRxXA F7EcdaKJlnDPfPDOnPgz39YrHbm8UhSwjEyFknVFCBQ37KHTZUzuOaVyreZiWNUe vtiYi3egHuKRVynHp2jrI6Hx9FAxbgdLwU1uJY5wbvixv/WGdz25LWA7fY+CG97f RdMq0ELdGRlUa/JAd8/7H6AFDX0xEyD9c7syEO0djV6mzUT9djGGxXN3WfJ//CA5 dEv/wPxFnNNDE3SajexPmgqYJ+DrU9Q8fHW/yE11ktk3uxN63YcYXNOB+pJ5m1vt FbXJlnj20ve+0BDPslff =GoBY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
