On Du, 22 nov 20, 14:36:06, Gareth Evans wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020, at 08:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Please, don't hijack threads > > ...but what did I do wrong re thread hijacking? > > I understand that to mean changing the content of an existing thread, > as a quick google seems to confirm. > > I did delete the content and change the subject of an existing email, > which appears to me to create a new thread, rather than preserving > "conversation" links to the deleted content/subject. > > Am I mistaken or did you mean something else?
Threading is done based on more information than just the Subject. With most e-mail clients changing the Subject will still keep that information (on purpose, there may be good reasons for the author to do that). At https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/11/threads.html you can see for yourself how your message is linked to the "files in zoneinfo" thread. It's the same for everybody reading the list on a thread-aware[1] e-mail client. [1] as in e-mail clients that properly read (and set) the threading headers (In-Reply-To and References). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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