Hey......... Lets start one on top posting.
They had a thread on OpenOffice that started three weeks ago and is still showing up now and then. I know Stephen can do better than that on his own. Lee On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:34:21 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 1:10 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > Can folks please behave a bit better in observing thread rules > > on the mailing list? > > > > It's now getting so that practically every thread is hijacked > > several times, and even without changing subject, is often > > crossed with something else. > > Using threads to follow a topic is getting to be a waste of > > time....grumble, grumble (g) > > > > Anne, help, you're good at chivvying people! > > > For those who weren't around last time it was said: > > If you use Reply but change the subject, you are hijacking. Many > of use prefer to read messages threaded. When threads are sorted > they use a couple of headers (you can see these if you enable Full > Headers in your mail reader) called Message ID and References. > This means that your new subject is seen as part of the original > thread, which makes it extremely difficult to follow. > > From your point of view, there is also the fact that many people > choose to ignore threads that they can see are being adequately > dealt with by someone else. If your post comes in that thread > those people will not see it. > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > >
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