Linux Linksys Kiss 1600 PC-Link
Dick Holland
fedora at xegetix.com
Sun Jan 20 15:05:06 UTC 2008
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 22:34 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 08:32 +0000, Dick Holland wrote:
> > To close a very old thread
>
> No, you haven't. You've replied to ANOTHER thread, hijacking that one.
>
> Your message is not tied to its original thread in any way. I, and many
> others, will NOT find it when looking for a resolution to that thread.
> Go back and find the message this thread really belongs to, and reply to
> that thread.
>
> NB: Threads are not "threaded" by the text written in the subject line.
> They're threaded by the message headers that say *this* message is
> "in-reply-to" the "message-id" of the message that it's *actually* in
> reply to, and a "references" header that lists the other messages in the
> same thread.
>
> --
> [tim at bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr
> 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 i686 i386
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.
> I read messages from the public lists.
>
My goodness, Tim, you certainly need to be taught some manners, don't
you?
I was trying to thank the people who had helped me before (needless to
say that you weren't one of them) and let them them know that I have
found a solution.
To those who helped me, thank you again.
--
Dick Holland
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