jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Sounds like you're using the newsgroup version of the list, which
> is what I use. I noticed that there were two replies to that post
> "by themselves", but the rest were under the original message. I
> checked it out, and what happened was that the original message was
> actually posted mid-way through the "check out my new website" thread
> by Chad Evans.
>
> My guess is that you marked that thread read, and that also caused
> the original "need to vent" post along with about 5 replies to
> dissapear.
>
> I have noticed posts being put under the "wrong" threads before.
> I'm not 100% sure what is happening, but I suspect that when some folks
> create a new post, they reply to an existing message and chang the subject
> instead of actually sending out a fresh, new post. This will cause it to
> reference whatever post they have replied to and it will get stuck in
> that thread, instead of creating a new one.
Hmm that sounds about right Jon - I'm surprised I didn't think of that
before. That is the only down side to the newsgroups version... unless
you are actively searching the threads - you will occasionally miss
messages. Whereas the mail list version lists them pretty much in
chronological order - no matter how old the thread.
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