Thread hijacking (i.e. don't use reply unless you are REALLY replying)

[Magnus Therning]

FYI:

 When starting a new thread don't just reply to a message sent by
 someone else and clear the subject line. Not all e-mail and news
 clients behave like yours and will thread messages correctly based on
 the "Message-ID:", "In-Reply-To:" and "References:" headers embedded in
 the messages. Only programs which don't comply with Internet standards
 sort messages by subject and call that "threading". When you simply
 change the subject of a message, all of the threading information
 remains intact and your new "thread" simply continues at the end of the
 old one. This is called thread hijacking.

 By doing this, you're shooting yourself in the foot twice over. First
 of all, people following a thread don't want to see unrelated messages
 cropping up in the middle of it. The most complacent will just delete
 your message without reading it, others will killfile you, some having
 complained to you asking you to learn how to post. Secondly, those who
 aren't interested in the hijacked thread and who have set their
 programs to ignore it won't even see your message.

 If you want to start a new thread then use your mailer's/newsreader's
 "New Message" function. This will start a fresh thread of your own
 without any traces of previous threads.

Taken from the page:

 http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php

/M

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