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

["Michael Newberry" <mnewberry@...>]

I apologize that my post caused trouble with some people's threaded mail 
readers. I'll try to do better next time.

Incidentally, Asko mentioned something about "newcomers". I don't know how 
new a newcomer is, but I've been posting to this group occasionally for 
5-1/2 years.

Regards,

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerome Vuarand" <jerome.vuarand@gmail.com>
To: "Lua list" <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Mailing list etiquette: do NOT press 'reply' when starting a 
new thread


> 2009/8/11 Ico Doornekamp <lua@zevv.nl>:
> > * On 2009-08-11 Patrick Donnelly <batrick@batbytes.com> wrote  :
> >
> > > 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'. :)