Responding to an old message

If you'd like to respond to an old message (more than a week old), you can
Post your response as a new message, but in the optional URL field, specify the URL of the old message you're responding to (you can find that from the old message) and in the Link Title field, specify "origial message".
That way, your message'll be on the top, but people can follow the link to get to the old message.