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kashani wrote: |
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> On 6/24/2011 5:09 PM, David W Noon wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:12:26 -0700, kashani wrote about [gentoo-user] |
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>> Don't start a new thread by changing the subject: |
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>>> I've noticed this a couple of times this week. A few of you |
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>>> have responded to the annoying Fortran thread, changed the subject, |
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>>> started a new message, and sent the email starting a new thread. |
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>> You're a week or two behind the times. The root cause of this was done |
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>> to death some time ago. It is the bofh.it NNTP server that propagates |
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>> this mailing list through Usenet. There is nothing we can do except |
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>> avoid using servers downstream from that rogue server. |
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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. 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. I see it all the time on the motorcycle lists where the |
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> average user is much less computer proficient. |
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> kashani |
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Well, I don't see where anyone did that to the fortran thread here. All |
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posts have the same subject line. Maybe something is wrong on your end? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |