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On Saturday 25 June 2011 13:47:15 Volker Armin Hemmann did opine |
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thusly: |
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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 |
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> > [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 |
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> > > you |
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> > > have responded to the annoying Fortran thread, changed the |
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> > > subject, started a new message, and sent the email starting |
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> > > a new thread. |
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> > You're a week or two behind the times. The root cause of this |
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> > was done to death some time ago. It is the bofh.it NNTP server |
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> > that propagates this mailing list through Usenet. There is |
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> > nothing we can do except avoid using servers downstream from |
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> > 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 |
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> threads. Suddenly you have a misnamed subthread confusing everybody |
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> or annoy me. |
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> stupid servers mangling headers breaking threads so answers create |
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> new threads. |
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> Of course, those who use usenet servers for gentoo-ml are to be |
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> blamed for the second problem. Is there any good, valid reason to |
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> do so? |
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Lots of good reasons - usenet has been around for yonks, mailing lists |
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work like usenet groups, users would like to use an nntp app to read |
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ml mail. Good motivation to write proper gateways. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |