HiJacking Threads Was: hostapd for Fedora 10
Beartooth
Beartooth at swva.net
Sat Jan 3 20:18:46 UTC 2009
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:15:51 +1930, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
[...]
> It's worth pointing out that RFC-standard threading is controlled by the
> In-Reply-To header, not by the Subject, i.e. conforming mail clients pay
> *no attention* to the Subject header when displaying threads. People who
> hijack threads and plead that they "fixed" the Subject line should be
> told about this so they don't do it again.
Would you believe that's news to me? I've been at this twelve or
fifteen years, with all the exposure that implies -- and don't even
recall ever hearing of that header
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Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 2.00, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6;
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Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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