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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