[nycbug-talk] How to start a new thread

Scott Robbins scottro
Fri Dec 16 11:37:29 EST 2005


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On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 11:20:28AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> Please do not take this the wrong way.  What I'm about to explain is 
> a minor point about threads and how best to make them work for you.  
> I'm cc'ing the list because you're sure to not be the only one that 
> doesn't know how this works
> 
> Close!  But you replied to my message. Which does not start a new 
> thread.
> 
> See here:  http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2005-
> December/thread.html where you'll see that your message is still part 
> of the original thread.


Quick note---many people make this error until it's pointed out
to them--hopefully, as nicely as Dan did.

For newcomers, there's an example (with screenshots no less) at

http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/linfaq.html#netiquette 

It's a somewhat poorly maintained faq I made for several newcomer type
Linux lists.


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Scott

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