Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5130 mails)

[Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 03 May 2006 12:34, Matthew Stringer wrote:
> Erm, what's the difference, and why is it annoying?

Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@xxxxxxxx
Please Google "what is hijacking a thread?" and "what are e-mail threads?"

Meanwhile:

Don't click 'reply' to start a new topic. Create a new message instead.

Click 'reply' *only* when responding to the message you are reading.

If you follow these simple instructions the complaints will stop.

> I'd just re-installed my PC and thus didn't have the original email to
> reply to.

In that case, you start a new thread instead of inserting your comments into 
the middle of another discussion (threads are 'discussions'.)

> It is getting increasingly complicated posting to this list, it seems that
> no matter what you do someone will find fault and complain.

When you know how things are done, it isn't complicated at all.

Carl