From: Emiel van de Laar <emiel@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T07:13:19+09:00
Subject: Re: comp.lang.ruby FAQ

* hal9000@hypermetrics.com (hal9000@hypermetrics.com) wrote:
> RUBY NEWSGROUP FAQ -- Welcome to comp.lang.ruby!  (Revised 2005-4-14)
> 
> This FAQ contains information for those who want to:
> 
>   1) learn more about Ruby, and want to 
>   2) post to comp.lang.ruby or to the ruby-lang mail list, or want to
>   3) provide anonymous feedback to help us improve Ruby.

[snip]

> 2.5 What are these 6-digit message numbers?
> 
>     Historically, every item on the mailing list had a subject
>     starting with a string like: [ruby-talk:99999]
> 
>     The message numbers were convenient since they were strictly
>     serial and formed a good way to refer to a past message. But
>     they interfered with threading; Matz removed them after the
>     matter was put to a vote in early 2002.
> 
>     The news header still refers to this number, should anyone
>     wish to retrieve it. On the mailing list this number can
>     now be found in the X-Mail-Count: header.
> 
>     You can point to a specific message by appending it onto the
>     ruby-talk.com URL; i.e. http://ruby-talk.com/12345 will refer
>     to message 12345. (NOTE: The above was true, but is not
>     currently working.)

I know that this feature no longer works but was it at ruby-talk.com
or ruby-talk.org?  What happened to ruby-talk.com? Should we just
mention ruby-talk.org here? Just a heads up.

Cheers,

Emiel
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Emiel van de Laar