[thelist] hijacking a thread (was: mySQL/PHP)

Kasimir K evolt at kasimir-k.fi
Mon Jul 11 11:27:11 CDT 2005


Burhan Khalid scribeva in 2005-07-11 15:53:
> Please do not hijack a thread. Its very :
> 
> 1. Rude.
> 2. Wrong.
> 3. Stupid.
> 
> Either you hijacked a thread, or all of a sudden, Thunderbird has gone 
> bananas and can't sort threads properly.
> 

Just in case the OP is not aware of what is thread hijacking (as the 
case often is with thread hijackers :-) (And also because it's rude, 
wrong and stupid to tell people they've done wrong without telling where 
the wrong lies ;-)

Email messages may have headers "References" and "In-Reply-To" which can 
be used to arrange messages according to their topic. If you start a new 
topic by replying to an old message instead of creating a new one, your 
message will then show up in a wrong place.

 From http://wiki.workalone.co.uk/index.php?page=RulesForPosting :
"When you have a new question, make a new post, with a meaningful 
subject line. Do not reply to an existing thread. Even if you change the 
subject, for many people your post will be part of the existing thread. 
This makes it difficult to find. If you are adding to your own existing 
thread, then reply, don't make a new post!"

Have also a look at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

.k


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