New subject: [SLE] Please, Please start *new* threads and not simply reply to existing threads!

21 Apr 2003


      This kind of as you said "thread theft" is rampant on the M$ lists, maybe
these are M$ converts who have yet to learn proper list etiquette.

Rich

"mit freundlichen Gruessen" - With kind regards -
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From: Tom Emerson [mailto:osnut@pacbell.net]
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Subject: Re: [SLE] Please, Please start *new* threads and not simply
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On Monday 21 April 2003 06:06, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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* James Mohr  [04-21-03 02:12]:
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Those that do not use a threaded mail reader do not see a problem,
[...] it is in
everyone's intereste to start a *new* thread and not 
simply reply to
an existing one and then change then subject.
There has been some discussion on the kmail list on how to 
handle someon who 
does this (intentionally or otherwise) by detecting it has 
happened, scanning 
for "more-or-less proper" ways of altering a thread heading 
(i.e. use of "was 
<oldsubject>") and zapping the "references" header as 
appropriate.  I think 
it is a nice idea and will help "educate" those new to the 
system, but it 
only addresses the problem from -one- e-mail client.
...
Your heart is in the right place but, sadly I fear, you are 
beating a
dead horse.  Courtesy and Respect appear to be lost attributes.
I noticed that the sudden rise in thread-theft occured 
immediately after 8.2 
started arriving in people's hands -- I wonder if there are 
far more "new" 
people to this list because 8.2 is their first into to linux 
(or first intro 
to SuSE)  It could be possible that use of other e-mail 
clients, which didn't 
support threading in the first place, has them "trained" the 
wrong way...
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RE: [SLE] Please, Please start new threads and not simply reply to existing threads!

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RE: [SLE] Please, Please start new threads and not simply reply to existing threads!