On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:54:47 -0600 "Troll/Idiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Michael Adams wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:31:09 -0600 > > Troll/Idiot wrote: > > > >>> Dear Mr. Troll/Idiot, > >>> > >>> He changed the subject line but he did not start a new thread. > >>> Anyone reading the list in a threaded view sees his subject in the > >>> same thread as the original subject. To start a new subject you > >>> need to send a new message rather than replying to a previous > >>> message and just changing the subject. People refer to this as > >>> hijacking a thread. > >>> > >> We've had this discussion before. The guidelines for this list > >> suggest changing the subject line. That's what he did. > >> > > > > I don't see any such recommendation; if this is true it would be > > very non-standard. Could you provide a reference please. > > http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html > > I suppose by non-standard you mean unfamiliar to you. It is, in my > experience, standard. > > Here's the quote from the page you reference yourself. > > "Stay on topic > When the context of the message changes, be sure to change the > subject line, or your mail may not be read by many subscribers." > There are two different issues: 1. The one addressed by the article - which is what has happened on this thread. The topic or thread starts off talking about issue 1 but as the conversation develops the topic changes. The list guidelines recommend that as that occurs you indicate that in the subject line. 2. Hijacking a thread happens when someone takes an existing email that they have received and deletes the content and the subject in order to post a completely new topic. Email programs which just sort by subject present this as a new topic. More sophisticated email readers are not tricked by the subject header because they use other headers to determine what is threaded together- these programs show the new topic interleaved with the old because they believe that the intention of the "hijacker" was to continue the old conversation with a new subject header. This is not the fault of the email programs as the standards that govern email require the more "sophisticated" approach. I don't believe that the mailing list guidelines are meant to condone or encourage thread hijacking. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
