Re: Off-topic postings
Lawrence Wilkinson <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 14:52, David Hamer wrote: > We have been discussing, in another thread, things being 'off topic'. Is > anyone able to explain to me why this posting appears under the "obituary > - Peter Twinn" subject heading..? > > Is the author responsible [by posting as a reply within the earlier thread] > or is gmane at fault in some way..? Yes, Matt R seems to have used 'reply' to start a new thread (thereby adding an in-reply-to header). I suspect he doesn't have a mailer which displays threads and so doesn't realise that it confuses things, especially when you're trying to find an old posting. On the subject of the list, has anyone had any luck trying to change their email address for this list recently? I just got various error messages from listserv.ksu.edu. -- Lawrence Wilkinson lawrence-i4w9z6YRCglaa/[email protected] Ph +44(0)1869-811059 http://www.ljw.me.uk