Sorry, I'd only encountered lists that one subscribed to by emailing them with the word subscribe in the subject or body (so I tried both.)
I followed the link you provided below but the response to clicking the "Send in the request" button after entering mailing list name cygwin-allow (and my e-mail address) was: Cannot handle your mailing list request at this time... You did not provide a mailing list name, or you've entered a mailing list name which is not handled on sources.redhat.com. Oh well. I guess I'll have to work on the "getting a better mailer" option. > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:36 PM > To: Koskie, Sarah > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: trying to reply to specific message > > On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote: > > > >> Is there a way to get related messages posted properly > > > > Thanks. I tried the second method and it didn't work. I requested a > > message and it was sent to me as an attachment. The address > > automatically inserted was for the original sender not the mailing list > > so I changed that to the mailing list, but, of course, my reply did not > > get posted as a follow on to the message. > > Then MS Outlook is more retarded than I thought. Pine, for example, can > easily reply to attached messages... > > > I also checked the earlier discussion you referenced which seemed to > > indicate that I should subscribe to cygwin-allow. I tried that and > > received the following: > > > > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org. > > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following > > addresses. > > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. > > > > <cygwin-allow<at>cygwin<dot>com>: > > ezmlm-manage: fatal: I don't accept messages at this address (inlocal > > and/or inhost don't match) (#5.1.1) > > > > --- Enclosed are the original headers of the message. > > You didn't read the instructions carefully enough. It said to *subscribe* > to cygwin-allow, not send messages to that address. You don't subscribe > to ezmlm lists by sending messages to those lists. See > <http://cygwin.com/ml/lists.html#faqs> for instructions and a handy form. > > > I guess this is why most of the postings aren't properly linked. > > No, postings aren't properly linked because people don't bother to make > them properly linked (retarded mailers, etc). > > > If I'm doing something wrong or there is anything else I should try I'd > > be glad to hear of it. > > Sure. Try getting a better mailer. :-D > Igor > > > >> as followons in the mailing list archives without subscribing to the > > >> mailing list? > > > > >Yes. Two ways, in fact. One works with programs that understand the > > >"mbox" format for e-mail (e.g., pine); the other is more generic, but > > >requires some effort. > > > > <snip> > > > > >For the "mbox" method, Google for "web archives raw text > > >site:cygwin.com" -- I posted a couple of recipes before (I've since > > >improved on the automation of the method, if anyone's interested). > > >The second method is described in a help message you get from ezmlm > > >(mail to <cygwin-help<at>cygwin<dot>com>) -- namely, you can get a copy > > >of any list message by e-mailing to > > ><cygwin-get.MSGNUM<at>cygwin<dot>com>. The trick is finding out the > > >message number -- the "Raw text" link is helpful here as well; just > > >look at the "From " line (first line of the raw text), and the MSGNUM > > >will be the digits between "cygwin-return-" and "-listarch-". > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing > whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/