Re: Thread hijacking (was: Install gcc)
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:33:57 -0500 (CDT), David Young in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2009-08-28 16:07 +0200, David Young wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>>> And please refrain from hijacking threads in the future. When you
>>>> have
>>>> a problem not already discussed here, write a new message instead
>>>> of
>>>> replying to an unrelated one.
>>>
>>> I appreciate your reply, but I don't believe I hijacked a thread.
>>> "Install gcc" is my original subject line that started the thread,
>>> yes?
>>
>> No, look at the "References" header in your message¹. When starting a
>> new thread, this header does not exist, because there are no messages
>> you are referring to.
>>
>> Hitting "Reply all" (or whatever you did) and changing subject does
>> *not* start a new thread.
>
>
> I'm clearly too ill-informed to be here.
> Apologies for the intrusion.
Don't be like that. You hijacked my thread by not starting a new message
with a new subject. Rookie mistake; we've all done it. No need to get your
nose out of joint -- that should be my reaction to your hijack. LOL
Anyway what you probably did was just delete the subject and enter a new
one. That's not the same as creating a completely new message. ;)
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