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"Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> posted |
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1160018216.12546.1.camel@×××××××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Wed, |
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04 Oct 2006 20:16:56 -0700: |
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> I don't know about you, but I don't look at headers like References. So, |
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> if the subject differ and the mailer says one is a reply to the other, I |
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> consider that a bug. |
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I don't normally look at them either, but my client of choice has an |
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option to thread by subject or by references, and I opt for and strongly |
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support its references threading feature. If a post says it's a reply to |
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another post, that's what it is, even if the subject has changed. If |
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someone's replying to a thread with something entirely unconnected (as in, |
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not natural thread drift, but an abrupt unconnected change), it's thread |
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hijacking and a "PEBKAC" (problem exists between keyboard and chair, IOW, |
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the human involved has a bug and he needs called on it so it can be |
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corrected). Subject change on the same thread should be due to thread |
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drift, which is NOT thread hijacking and shouldn't be treated as such, by |
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separately threading it due only to the subject change. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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