[X4U] Hijacking mail

[Doug McNutt]

At 09:51 -0800 2/28/08, n wrote:
> In-Reply-To: <73301CF7-4D28-472C-8A34-61BE4CDCA012 at west.net>
> References: <20080228170604.3AD2A1007743 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <73301CF7-4D28-472C-8A34-61BE4CDCA012 at west.net>
> Subject: [X4U] Hijacking mail (Was:SheepShaver (Was: Users' judgments ...)
> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4
> 
> {fontfamily}{param}Lucida Grande{/param}Would it be possible, when
> launching a new thread to actually compose a fresh, brand-new email
> with it's own Subject line and addressed to the group, rather than
> replying to an ongoing thread?
> 
> 
> the main reason for starting your {bold}own{/bold} thread is
> functional; people who organize by threads like to have all the
> same-subject mail in a thread, without having others muxed into it..
> 
> 
> Sorry if I sound harsh; I don't intend to, but let's use the power of
> the great OS X to keep mail threads separate.
> 
> 
> thank you!

And please take note of the two headers that n included, In-Reply-To: and References:.  Your mail client may and may not create them when you perform a reply operation. They are used by some clients to keep track of threads even if the Subject: header is changed. It's really a pretty nice way to go because posters can add "Antwort" instead of "Re:" without messing up threads. Unfortunately not all mail clients create the headers.

Searching for "73301CF7-4D28-472C-8A34-61BE4CDCA012" I find the message posted by Richard Hartman at 10:46 which is NOT about hijacking mail. Mr. n hijacked the Reply-To: thread and simply changed the subject line. He actually did just what he is exhorting you NOT to do.

When creating a new thread you need to generate a new message and insert the posting address with a copy-paste so that you don't send misleading In-Reply-To: headers in your message.

Now ask why mail clients don't have a "new posting to this list" menu item.  Sigh.

And . . . there are exceptions, but use of rich text on a mailing list is almost always a bad thing to do.

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