Re: hijacking

At 7:20 PM -0700 11/10/2010, Tina K. wrote: So messages in a thread are linked together individually rather than a common identification in the headers of all messages in the thread? Right. And the list of references makes up the branch of this particular thread, on its way up to the OP. Ta

Re: hijacking

On 2010/11/10 10:00, Doug McNutt so eloquently wrote: Section 3.6.4 Note the In-Reply-To: header that contains the Message-ID: information from the message being re

Re: hijacking

don't appear to reprimand those folks that repeatedly hijack threads. so when i saw the hijacker protest that the term hijacking was rude and offensive, i guess i over-reacted a bit. the net can be very frustrating when people hide behind the electronic anonymity and say things that they w

Re: hijacking

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:53 PM, ah...clem wrote: > > > put yourself in the other person's shoes for one moment, instead of > being a petulant child. if someone posts a question and then some > else uses that thread to change the subject, and also changes the > subject line of the original threa

Re: hijacking

At 8:53 AM -0800 11/10/2010, ah...clem wrote: are you so STOOPID that Enough. Nannies, end this thread please. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: hijacking

On Nov 10, 2010, at 8:53 AM, ah...clem wrote: put yourself in the other person's shoes for one moment, instead of being a petulant child. Good advice. are you so STOOPID that you can't figure out how to create a new thread instead of HI-JACKING someone elses', or just too frickin' LAZY? may

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s that don't follow the rules or have other, but unique to a particular software company, techniques. This message will refer to: Message-ID: when it is sent. 2. a. "To steal from as if by hijacking." seems to me to fit the description of the problem quite well. It'

Re: hijacking

On Nov 10, 4:31 am, MichaelP wrote: > I'm sensitive to and I object strongly to use of the word hijack to refer > to refer to posting an original request for friendly help and info from > exoerts if the request is written in some un-obvious way to contain hidden > reference to an existing thread

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rtion. You're correct; it's none of those things. If what I do to post my request causes problems it's the auto- response system which needs modifying. This has nothing to do with auto-responders, just regular mail user agents. I've been using and owning info listserve

Re: hijacking

On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Dan wrote: At 1:31 AM -0800 11/10/2010, MichaelP wrote: [quoting repaired] Yes, it's hijacked. He hijacked "PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/ popping'" thread. I'm sensitive to and I object strongly to use of the word hijack to refer to refer to posting an original re

Re: hijacking

At 1:31 AM -0800 11/10/2010, MichaelP wrote: [quoting repaired] Yes, it's hijacked. He hijacked "PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'" thread. I'm sensitive to and I object strongly to use of the word hijack to refer to refer to posting an original request for friendly help and info from exoert

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e in transit. > c. To seize control of (a moving vehicle) by use of force, especially in > order to reach an alternate destination. > 2. > a. To steal from as if by hijacking. > b. To swindle or subject to extortion > > > Asking for help id not stealing, it is not swindling and i

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stination. 2. a. To steal from as if by hijacking. b. To swindle or subject to extortion Asking for help id not stealing, it is not swindling and it does not involve extortion. If what I do to post my request causes problems it's the auto-response system which needs modifying. I've b