On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote: > 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.)
Emailing <cygwin-allow-subscribe<at>cygwin<dot>com> should have done it. > 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. Umm, yes, I didn't know whether it'd work with cygwin-allow. Just try mailing the above address. Or, as others mentioned, use GMane. > Oh well. I guess I'll have to work on the "getting a better mailer" > option. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha<at>cs<dot>nyu<dot>edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:36 PM > > To: Koskie, Sarah > > Cc: cygwin<at>cygwin<dot>com > > Subject: Re: trying to reply to specific message Speaking of mailers, again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Google for "quotefix" to see how to do this with Outlook. Igor > > 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 -- 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/
