Re: Mailing list etiquette: do NOT press 'reply' when starting a new thread

[Patrick Donnelly <batrick@...>]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Asko Kauppi<askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
>
> Since this still happens so often, I am bothering everyone on the list.
>
> Pressing 'reply' to start a new thread is easy for the poster. You get the
> Lua list address (lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br) without needing to copy/paste
> or type it.
>
> Unfortunately, it has the following consequences:
>
> - it completely messes up mail clients (s.a. OS X Mail) that can show
> discussion threads
>        i.e. the "LuaJIT performance" thread remained "clean" for quite a
> while. Now it's merged with "How to create multi-dimensional table in C"
> thread.
>
> - it messes up the threads also in the Lua list archive, so "next in thread"
> won't actually do as it says
>
> PLEASE, stop this habit, and someone please take on the habit of mentioning
> it to newcomers who don't know.
>
> Just press 'New message'. :)


Pressing "Reply" works just fine in Gmail. Some e-mail providers just
suck I guess : /

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-Patrick Donnelly

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