On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:27 am, Guy Voets wrote: > 2006/10/25, Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Please don't send a new question as a reply to an unrelated > > thread. Many of us use the threading information in the > > e-mail headers to group the mail we receive into groups. > > > > You are in danger of many subscribers who have no interest > > in the original thread not seeing your query. This is > > especially true when the original thread is started by a > > troll. > > > > Malcolm > > > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:15 pm, Piers Dunkley wrote: > > > I am using a mac G4 800 and OSX 10.4.8 > > > When I attempted to launch OpenOffice 2.0.4 I received a > > > message that I needed X11 for the program to work. > > > I downloaded the program from the Apple web site and > > > attempted to install it and got the following > > > "You cannot install X11 in this volume. Newer software > > > already exists on your computer" > > > I seem to be going round in circles here. Can anyone help? > > Malcolm, I don't understand what you say. Can you state it > again in plain English (not my mother tongue)?
The problem is with Piers Dunkley's email management -- not yours. When the Reply option is used on mail clients an outgoing email is generated which contains a reference to the original message, apart from any visible quoting of the original message. The reference I am thinking of is not normally visible but hidden in the undisplayed part of the email header. Many email programs recognise these references and allow incoming messages (or any others) to be grouped into threads and only the leading (original) message might be shown in the message list unless the user expands the thread. In this particular instance Piers's message "[users] installing OpenOffice" is hidden in a thread headed by: "[users] Openoffice suck" The Reply option should not be used to start a new subject. On the other hand it is almost as bad to not use the Reply option when contiuing an already started subject. Malcolm -- > Guy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
