On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 18:06 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> I started a new subject by replying to myself > > Um, no you didn't... You added a new reply to your old thread, with a > different subject line. Your (wanted it to be a) new message is buried I wrote "new subject" and not "new thread" because I meant "new subject". > in the middle of an old thread, where it may get ignored by someone who > has the answer for your problem, but is ignoring this thread... > > When creating a "new" message, or a "new" topic, actually create a new > message, don't reply to another one. Changing what's typed into the > subject line isn't good enough. Other headers, which aren't displayed > in your message editor, tie messages together (see the in-reply-to and > references headers). I didn't create a new thread because I didn't want to create a new thread. It's possible that making a new thread would have been better. Adding to the old one was deliberate. Effectively sending it twice was a mistake. -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
