Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stroller wrote: >> On 10 Jun 2008, at 21:55, Thomas Pedersen wrote: >>> Was thinking of buying the Western Digital' My Book® Home Edition™, >>> specially because of the eSATA connection... >>> I heard they have an internal USB-hub for making the capacity gauge >>> working. >> > I'm sorry, but I fail to see why the above example mentioned qualifies > as Thread Hijacking.
Allright. Then just check the headers. :) > He started a new thread to pose his question, and, No, he did not. Check the headers of his mail/post. You'll find: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Please don't hijack threads like this. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_hijacking >> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user/msg/8a540add45e7e9b8? >> >> "It is irritating for people using thread-aware e-mail clients... >> In case you didn't know, it happens when you use "reply" for sending >> a new question instead of composing a "new" message." Exactly. > He *did* compose a new message, Yes. In a reply to some other message. That's what people usually call "Thread Hijacking". > there is no Re: in the header True. That's not enough, though. > and no > other content in the message. Doesn't matter. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
