Good question. You seem to have misunderstood what I was saying.
Others may also have the same misunderstanding. Let me explain further.
Let me start by saying I used to do the same thing and I learned why it
is annoying to people using threaded readers when I started using
threaded views in thunderbird.
When replying to threads sometimes the subject matter changes as part of
the discussion. Generally the subjects are related to each other. It
is a good idea when the discussion has EVOLVED to update the Subject
line to reflect that.
I changed the subject to show that the topic has changed but this email
is still related to the thread. Note that I specifically mention 'this
thread' as part of the discussion.
What I was complaining about was when people start a whole new thread
just because they don't want to type the plug-discuss email address.
They hit reply on an old thread and start a new discussion.
Now, I'm not going to rant about this every week or even every month.
In addition some email readers break threads automatically by not
copying all of the headers when replying. so threads are never going to
be perfect. But it is a small thing and better etiquette for people to
NOt use reply when they are NOT replying.
eric wrote:
> Do as I say, not as I do?
>
> _eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of JT Moree
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:31 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: breaking threads WAS Linux on laptop
>
> Please do not hit reply to messages and change the subject when starting
> a new thread. This thread was about the domain name. people using
> threaded readers will see this post under that thread. Changing the
> subject is not enough to create a new thread. Please compose a new
> message when starting a new discussion.
>
>
> Joe Zagar wrote:
>>> I had a very similar laptop and Ubuntu worked fine. I am not sure about
>>> Dapper Drake version but version 5.1 worked very well.
>>> Joe
>>>
>
>
> --
> JT Morée
> PC Xperience, Inc.
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JT Morée
PC Xperience, Inc.
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