Thomas,

Thanks for taking up the blank response/Troll Food Warning. It seems that
some of the regulars appreciate this non-responsive red flag and since I'll
be gone for a week, I'm glad you're taking up the duties.

Jack Curry

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:31:38 GMT, "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis
@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>Thomas,
>
>Thanks for taking up the blank response/Troll Food Warning. It seems that
>some of the regulars appreciate this non-responsive red flag and since I'll
>be gone for a week, I'm glad you're taking up the duties.
>
In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
flame-bait post. That helps how?

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?"

"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote

> In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
> Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
> flame-bait post

They show up on mine as nasty lil name-calling replies to the trolls post on
mine, for what its worth.

On topic portion:
I like my Q served with a nice Carolina style vinegar sauce on the side.

--
Fosco Gamgee Whitfurrows
and his 6" boner

In article >,
says...
>On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:31:38 GMT, "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis
> wrote:
>
>>Thomas,
>>
>>Thanks for taking up the blank response/Troll Food Warning. It seems that
>>some of the regulars appreciate this non-responsive red flag and since I'll
>>be gone for a week, I'm glad you're taking up the duties.
>>
>In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
>Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
>flame-bait post. That helps how?
>
>
De-lurking just to chime in here. I use a threaded newsreader (Gravity)
and it shows up as a reply to the original post.
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:55:30 -0700, Kevin S. Wilson >
wrote:

>In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
>Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
>flame-bait post. That helps how?

I think everybody is confusing "new thread" with "new post".

To keep Agent from starting a new thread, uncheck:

Options->General Prefs->Message List, and then either the first or
second box. UNfcortuinately its a global option so if you change it
for this group, you change it for every group.

I think the followup message are ridiculous and have killfiled the
(now) two posters who do it. Much less white noise that way. Pretty
soon I figure I'll just stop reading the group, period.

-sw

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:06:58 -0600, Steve Squirtz
> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:55:30 -0700, Kevin S. Wilson >
>wrote:
>
>>In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
>>Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
>>flame-bait post. That helps how?
>
>I think everybody is confusing "new thread" with "new post".

I should have been more clear. I meant "a brand-new thread consisting
of one empty post."

>To keep Agent from starting a new thread, uncheck:
>
>Options->General Prefs->Message List, and then either the first or
>second box. UNfcortuinately its a global option so if you change it
>for this group, you change it for every group.

Not a solution, then. I would prefer to see a new thread if the
subject line is changed. Thanks, anyway.

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?"

Kevin S. Wilson > wrote in message >. ..
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:06:58 -0600, Steve Squirtz
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:55:30 -0700, Kevin S. Wilson >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>In Agent, and I suspect in any threaded newsreader, both your post and
> >>Thomas's show up as BRAND-NEW EMPTY posts, utterly unrelated to the
> >>flame-bait post. That helps how?
> >
> >I think everybody is confusing "new thread" with "new post".
>
> I should have been more clear. I meant "a brand-new thread consisting
> of one empty post."
>
> >To keep Agent from starting a new thread, uncheck:
> >
> >Options->General Prefs->Message List, and then either the first or
> >second box. UNfcortuinately its a global option so if you change it
> >for this group, you change it for every group.
>
> Not a solution, then. I would prefer to see a new thread if the
> subject line is changed. Thanks, anyway.

Hey hey, Nate here, checking in. Nearly halfway (boo hoo!) through
the vacation in Malaysia.

I am not using a newsreader to follow the threads; Google Groups is
doing the work. Unfortunately, those renamed troll threads are
showing up as single, blank, new posts. This is not helpful. If the
OP or anyone else wishes to do this, could they preface the subject
with an "OT" or something? Just a little suggestion.

If I were back home using my normal newsreader, it would be a simple
matter to ignore/kill the whole troll thread but Google can't do that.

OBFood: halfway through our vacation but no way NEAR finished eating
all the great food here!

Aloha,

Nathan Lau
Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia