On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:36:24 +0100, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorgen Grahn wrote: >> On 1 Oct 2006 10:18:59 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> .... >> >>>and I wish to add my findings to the post, to prevent others from >>>taking the wrong path. ... >> In Usenet terms, make a posting with a References: header which mentions the >> Message-ID of the bad posting (just like this posting references yours, if >> you look closely at the headers). That's easier if the posting hasn't >> already expired on your server, but by no means impossible if it has. >> >> /Jorgen >> > Since this message was never on topic,
I disagree; it was a technical question on how to handle a discussion in this newsgroup, and IMHO that is always on topic -- to a certain point. > I'd appreciate it if all > concerned would close this thread now. I think you are overreacting. This was a thread with three (3) postings, in a high-volume newsgroup, with no indication that it would continue (except maybe with a pointer to whatever posting the OP wanted to correct, or to his correction). /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.dyndns.org> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
