[MEncoder-users] Frame duplication issue

[aslan at gmx.at]

Guten Tag Lennart Börjeson,
>> >>Hello.
>> >
>> > you have just hijacked a thread. Don't do it
>>
>> What do you mean with that? I'm not familiar with the term hijacking
>> in mailing-list terms.
>>

> You tried to create a new thread by replying to a previous message (from Nico
> Sabbi on the subject "Copy h.264 video into avi") and then changing the
> subject.

> While this might seem a handy way to branch off on another topic, and 
> something people often do in ordinary conversation, the list system is not
> fooled by it. There is a header ("In-Reply-To:") on your "original" message
> which still identifies it as a "reply" even if you've changed the subject
> string.

> Best regards,

> /Lennart

Ok, now that I understand the technicalities, can you also explain to
me why this is a bad thing?

Do I understand this correctly that if I would not have started
the new thread in reply but with no references to other threads,
this would not have been a hijack and therefore ok?

(And anyway, I started the original thread - can I hijack from myself?)