Thread hijacking

[NoOp]

On 12/16/2009 07:55 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
...
>> Well, I've had a look and I suppose others with better understanding of
>> lists can comment (and yes I do indeed know the RFC system), but maybe
>> I'm not understanding. This list seems to comply:
> 
> Well, yes, it has the List-Post header and so I can make use of the 
> Reply lit button but that does not guarantee that all replies will go 
> back to the list which I believe is what the owners of the list want. I 
> had to get an addon to get a Reply list button. If the muas are not 
> keeping up with RFCs, list admins that want a mailing list that is used 
> for group discussion do not really have much choice but to do Reply-To: 
> munging.

Umm...
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817)
Click 'Reply' and your MUA will reply to ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
There should be no need for an add-on. Unless of course I am still not
understanding your point.

> 
>> 
>>> Precedence: list
>>> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
>>> 	not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> List-Id: "Ubuntu user technical support,
>>> 	not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users.lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users>,
>>> 	<mailto:ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com?subject=unsubscribe>
>>> List-Archive: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users>
>>> List-Post: <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> List-Help: <mailto:ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com?subject=help>
>>> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users>,
>>> 	<mailto:ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com?subject=subscribe>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>> Sender: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Errors-To: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> 
>> And again, not disputing, just trying to understand that issue.
> 
> There is no issue. Just some who are continually harping about the 
> sounder list settings.

I seldom frequent the sounder list, but I'll go take a look. Do you have
a particular subject item that I can view?

> 
>> 
>> But then again, I suppose that discussing this further in this thread is
>> indeed 'Thread hijacking' eh :-) Perhaps we can start a new thread over
>> in sounder to discuss further. Thanks for the info & we now return back
>> to 'Thread hijacking'... :-)
>> 
> 
> This has already been brought up there. No point. sounder has a 
> different purpose from ubuntu-users so it has RFC compliant. Oh, so is 
> ubuntu-devel-discuss btw. No Reply-To: munging there. Therefore, those 
> who complain about sounder's setup, please, please just drop it.

My point was/is that by continuing this discussion further, *we* are
*hijacking* this thread from it's original. My suggestion to take it to
sounder or starting a *new* thread is that our continued discussion of
this particular subject has now wandered off from the OT of the thread.

<quote>
As a newcomeer to this list I'm intrigued to know whether the hijacking
of threads is commonplace and accepted here. On other lists I know, any
such behaviour is stamped on instantly, yet it keeps happening here with
impunity.
</quote>

Clear?