Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-24 Thread David J Taylor
.. at least the original post was about time/frequency rather than mail programs and headers .. David -- SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk ___

[time-nuts] hijacking threads (was: ntpq output)

2012-01-23 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:34:57 -0800 gary li...@lazygranch.com wrote: The following is a few ntpq -p outputs. Just random samples over a week. I seem to periodically have large offset. I'm open to suggest how to improve this if the numbers don't look normal. Please trim the raw data to

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread gary
I don't see how the thread was hijacked. I hit reply, but cleared the subject line and text in the original message. No other forums have issues with this. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread gary
On Thunderbird, it looks like a fresh thread. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Hal Murray
li...@lazygranch.com said: I don't see how the thread was hijacked. I hit reply, but cleared the subject line and text in the original message. You didn't cleanup the headers. Your message contained: References: cabbxvhtj3b3kbzshesqqzca_do8fak2fxnam4foekttokfw...@mail.gmail.co m

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Rex
of [time-nuts] HP5328A LEDS driver transistor which now also includes Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads messages. If it looks like a fresh thread to you in your Thunderbird, I can only assume you must have turned off threading in your view of the mail list window

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread lists
...@febo.com Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:20:09 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads On 1/23/2012 1:04 AM, gary wrote: On Thunderbird

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:02:50 -0800 gary li...@lazygranch.com wrote: I don't see how the thread was hijacked. I hit reply, but cleared the subject line and text in the original message. No other forums have issues with this. The issue is, that the header, which records the history of a mail

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Mike S
On 1/23/2012 4:41 AM, Hal Murray wrote: You didn't cleanup the headers. Your message contained: References:cabbxvhtj3b3kbzshesqqzca_do8fak2fxnam4foekttokfw...@mail.gmail.co That's not really his fault. Thunderbird does it wrong. RFC 1036: 2.2.5. References - This field lists the

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Chuck Harris
I don't think it is clear that editing the Subject line is the same as raising a new subject. There are a bunch of reasons why you might want to edit a subject line on a thread without starting a new thread: Removing offensive material, fixing a spelling error, adding an OT:, or other label to a

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58:38 -0500 Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: Let's not blame the email program when the problem is really operator error. I actually dont blame neither the operator nor the mail program. It's an issue in how features of the technology you use are exposed to the

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Bill Hawkins
Well, I just got out of the shower and had this thought: There are people who hijack a thread *without* changing the Subject. Tension is caused by noble goals meeting human imperfection. So it goes. Oh, look at the time! Gotta run . . . Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Attila

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Jim Lux
On 1/23/12 6:58 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: I don't think it is clear that editing the Subject line is the same as raising a new subject. There are a bunch of reasons why you might want to edit a subject line on a thread without starting a new thread: Removing offensive material, fixing a spelling

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Mike S
On 1/23/2012 9:58 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: I don't think it is clear that editing the Subject line is the same as raising a new subject. In the context of the References header, as was being discussed in the RFC, that's all it _can_ be (editing the subject line). When creating a message from