HaywireMac; No knickers to worry about! You might be right about the hijack, under the conditions you specified. I didn't see a hijack happening, because my thread was under a different name. Just so you know, I've never even seen any list of rules, didn't even know they existed until now. When I signed onto the list (dinaosaurs were just fading out of existence back then, LOL!), there weren't any rules mentioned there. Usually, I use the "reply" function in my email client to respond or to post to the list. Since the function is there, I just make use of it. But if I'm changing the contents of the subject-line, I interpret that as a new thread. Maybe that's where I'm going wrong? Or maybe the server just handles it that way.
Perhaps if someone created a HowTo and made it a bit more obvious than a list of rules that some don't even know about? However, if I misspoke, I also apologize. You just caught me by surprise on that one! Have you got a link to these rules? Lanman *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/24/2003 at 1:56 PM HaywireMac wrote: >On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:57:18 -0400 >"Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> >> Excuse me? I thought this was a thread about Mandrake 9.2 Beta2? What >> did I hijack? Please define a hijack for me, so I can avoid it. >> Besides, isn't this a List about Mandrake Linux? It has been since I >> joined 4 years ago ! Please explain how I could've hijacked a thread >> when I believe I was the one who posted this in the first place! > >Well, from the way the thread looks here (*possibly* due to threading >issues with the list, so if that is the case, I most humbly apologize), >your 9.2 beta post was in reply to Stephen Kuhn, who was replying to >the thread started by Claire Suttle about her problem with getting good >9.1 ISOs. In that sense it *appears* you "hijacked" Claire's thread, >possibly reducing the likelyihood that she would get more responses. > >I checked the list archive and it shows the same way, so it is >*defintitely* not a problem on my end. > >Anyway, don't get your knickers in a knot. > >Oh, and BTW, the list rules specifically ask you to limit your line wrap >to 68-72 characters, IIRC. > >-- >HaywireMac >Registered Linux user #282046 >Homepage: nodex.sytes.net >++++++++++++++++++++++ >It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the >devil when he is the only explanation of it. > -- Ronald Knox, "Let Dons Delight" > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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