On 07/27/2011 12:21 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:

> If the thread for Akemi was NOT hijacked and merely changed the subject
> line, but mine is hijacked when I did the same, can anyone explain why?

It has with how your email client deals with residual headers. Check the 
email message source and you'll see things like (from this particular 
message):

References: 
<[log in to unmask]>
In-reply-to: 
<[log in to unmask]>

and... because this isn't stripped or renewed, yes, your message changes 
the subject line, but not what the mailing list server considers to 
constitute the actual thread.

I made this mistake with Evolution a few days ago and deeply embarrassed 
myself, so I found out the fun way.

> If the thread for Akemi was hijacked, are the complainers going to post
> a complaint? I am not being a "troll", "ogre", "balrog", "orc" or any
> other mythical character -- but trying to understand the technical
> mechanics of posting in a change of topic based upon related email to SL.

Complainers will always complain. Its just what they do. Tech help 
vampires will continue to suck the lifeblood out of communities as well. 
Its just what they do. Just gotta put up with some things sometimes and 
ignore others.

-Iwao