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On Saturday 25 June 2011 01:09:31 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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completely different problem. |
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there are: |
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lazy idiots hitting 'reply' and then create a new message breaking threads. |
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Suddenly you have a misnamed subthread confusing everybody or annoy me. |
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stupid servers mangling headers breaking threads so answers create new |
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threads. |
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Of course, those who use usenet servers for gentoo-ml are to be blamed for the |
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second problem. Is there any good, valid reason to do so? |
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