# Re: How to read/write an int in binary form to a file?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-write-an-int-in-binary-form-to-a-file/48984>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 28, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-write-an-int-in-binary-form-to-a-file/48984 "2005-11-28T05:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-write-an-int-in-binary-form-to-a-file/48984/1 "2005-11-28T05:38:51Z")

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Hello speechexpert,

Your message entitled “How to read/write an int in binary form to a  
file?” was sent in reply to a message with a different subject. You  
probably intended to start a new thread; however, your mailer, like  
most MUAs, tricked you by including a References: header field which  
points back to the original message.

Therefore, your new message is still threaded under the original  
subject, instead of your new subject. Unfortunately, this can cause  
your message to get lost in a completely unrelated thread!

In the future, if you’d like to start a new thread, please compose a  
NEW message to ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

Thank you for your time and consideration…

Sincerely,  
Steve

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**Author:** ![steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-write-an-int-in-binary-form-to-a-file/48984/2 "2005-11-28T18:19:31Z")

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On 11/27/05, Stephen W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> your message to get lost in a completely unrelated thread!
> 
> In the future, if you’d like to start a new thread, please compose a  
> NEW message to ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

Can we _please_ have these messages STOPPED?

Frankly, if your mailer isn’t smart enough to recognise that a change  
of subject often represents a change of thread _even if the references  
are maintained_, then your mailer needs to be fixed, too.

There’s a delicate balance between the two, and just because your  
mailer is as broken as speechexpert’s is no excuse for you to post  
nonsensical asinine messages like this.

-austin