Re: [tlug] Job Offer

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:10:28 +0200, David Stibbe gmail
<dstibbe@example.com> wrote:

> I must be going crazy, for I'm quite sure your mail said the
> following:

Your quote was accurate.

My point was that the guy from Ricoh replied to Scott's posting in the
"auto-shutdown" thread, cleared the subject and the body and filled
them in with his own stuff. In short, he hijacked the thread.

Now read this page: http://tlug.jp/listpolicy.php

In particular:

"Other things to avoid (all of which are stated in the aforementioned
Netiquette document)[0]:

{snip}

Thread hijacking: this means that you hit reply to a list post, changed
the subject, and started a new topic. However, thread-savvy mail
clients will show your post as part of the existing thread. Create an
alias or address book entry for the list if you cannot be bothered to
type out the address when composing a new email message."

Please lose the "Reply-To:" header. The RFC2369 headers in all list
traffic get standards-compliant mailers to direct replies to the right
place already.



[0] - http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php in particular,
      http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php#threading

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