http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DonDiego/Thread_hijacking On Friday 18 June 2010 04:46:00 Refr Bruhl wrote: > very simple... > > Its starting a new thread. > > if the subject is changed and the content is deleted then why would it be > hijacking a thread? > > That is an issue for the list mods as its something in the listserv > software. > > > What I did is no differnt than opening up a new e-mail and entering the > information. > > > The other email you alluided to is enclosed. I simply went to my sent > folder and clicked forward. I didn't think it was off topic at the time > since I hit this list by a cygwin page. My apologies for it being off > topic however as you can see in the forwarding there is nothing to > indicate its hijacking a thread or should be going to you. > > The second forwarding shows the same thing. > > So the question is how or why do you think I am hijacking your e0-mail > threads? What evidence do you have for that? > > If you have valid evidence of that then the list mods need to know so they > can fix the software. Otherwise the drama needs to end. > > Hope this helps > -R > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Refr Bruhl > <refr_bruhl@xxxxxxxxx> > To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 3:02:27 PM > Subject: cygwin setup and passive ftp > > > > > > is there a setting for the seup application to use passive ftp for remote > hosts? > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message > ---- > From: Refr Bruhl <refr_bruhl@xxxxxxxxx> > To: > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 11:22:01 AM > Subject: > starting kde in cygwin 1.7 > > > > Ok I give... > > Where is the startkde file for either > copying to .xinitrc or starting kde desktop in cygwin 1.7 relaese? > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> > To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 9:12:24 PM > Subject: Re: starting kde in cygwin 1.7 > > Refr Bruhl posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:22:01 -0700 as excerpted: > > Ok I give... > > > > Where is the startkde file for either copying to .xinitrc or starting > > kde desktop in cygwin 1.7 relaese? > > OK, I give... > > Why are you hijacking a thread about delaying kwin checking for special > window settings? Your post has nothing at all to do with that. This is > the second thread you've hijacked, replying to an existing thread and > simply changing the subject, and in this case, it was my post you chose to > reply to. But your reply has nothing to do with my post! Why are you > then replying to me instead of starting a new thread? > > (I'm not actually mad, just asking you to stop it as it's quite > irritating, and copying your "OK, I give" was an interesting way to make > the point. See below for an explanation.) > > On a decent threading client, changing the subject header does not change > the thread, as such a client threads by the "In-reply-to:" header in mail, > and using the references header in news. Changing the subject does not > change that header, so it's still a reply, no matter what the subject > says. To start a new thread, please use the new message function, not the > reply function, in your client. > > But to reply to your question, unfortunately, I don't think a lot of > people do what you're doing with cygwin and kde (or cygwin and the ftp > client, at least on this list, as that post was off topic for the list, as > well). If I had an answer, I'd give it to you, but I don't do > proprietaryware (see the sig) including MS platforms, so cygwin isn't > something I use. Which is why I ignored the first post. But this one was > a reply to me, thus giving me a direct reason to reply back, asking you to > stop the thread hijacks, even if I know nothing about the question you're > asking and would otherwise avoid a thread on the subject -- but this > thread wasn't /about/ cygwin, it was about kwin and special window > settings! -- Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen
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