On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:21:10 -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Sthu Deus wrote: >> Good day. >> >> I want to continue an old talk that once was on the list. How I can do >> it? - How I can direct my reply to that very thread? > > I seem to remember that sometime in the past people objected to an "old" > thread being "reopened" by a new post to it.
I don't know why :-? > So, three questions: > > 1. Is it halal or kosher to reopen an "old" thread? > > 2. How old is "old" should old be? Three days? Three months? Three > years? If the reply is still relevant for the subject, it should not matter. > 3. Does it really matter? Time is relative. "Now" converts into "one year" very soon. In a mailing list that has an archive search facility, having posts which provides additional -or complete- information about a problem can help future users looking on how to solve the same kind of trouble. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.12.06.14.52...@gmail.com
