On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Sven Joachim<svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > 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 messageน. 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 Conductน.
I just discovered that gmail does not include the References header if you reply to an email and change the subject line. I wonder if that's a deliberate "feature". Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
