On 2009-08-28 17:04 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:33:57AM -0500, David Young wrote: >> On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >> > 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. > > There is really no need to be that way. Sven was most likely pointing > this out for your own good as much as anything else.
I had meant it that way; my apologies to David if it sounded rude. > This can be a high-volume list and it is quite common for people here > to ignore entire threads if it is something that does not interest > them, or is something they cannot help with. By hijacking the thread > (even your own thread) with a new topic like this would cause a > significant number of people to miss your question completely. > > Additionally, if someone is reading the thread, it is common for the > original conversation to continue even while your new topic is started > under the new thread. This results in a serious disconnect of the > conversation. > > If you are new to mailing lists like this, don't worry about it, just > accept the lessons and in no time at all you'll be up to speed. I wonder whether this problem (people inadvertently hitting Follow-up/Reply when they should compose a fresh message instead) should be mentioned in the Code of Conduct¹. Sven ¹ http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
