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On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:43:31 -0700, kashani wrote about Re: |
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[gentoo-user] Don't start a new thread by changing the subject: |
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> My understanding is that the NNTP server was munging headers |
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> thereby creating new threads where it should have been a single |
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> thread. |
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Your subject line reads as though that is what you are asking, as some |
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MUAs preserve threading until the Subject: header changes -- even when |
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the Message-ID: line has been mangled. |
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> This is users responding to an existing email, removing all |
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> content, changing the subject, and then sending the mail which keeps |
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> the thread headers and make it appear to be part of the current |
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> thread. |
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That is called "thread hijacking" and has been considered a breach of |
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netiquette for at least 25 years. However, the influx of computer |
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illiterates to the Internet in the last 15 or so years has caused |
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netiquette to be "more honoured in the breach than the observance." |
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Likewise for HTML messages, top posting, lack of snipping, etc. |
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Unfortunately, I see all of these misdemeanours on software development |
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mailing lists, particularly those related to the Free Pascal Compiler, |
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and software developers *should* know better. Worse still, the people |
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who make these gaffes don't see anything wrong and refuse to accept that |
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traditional netiquette should apply to them. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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