On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, NightStrike wrote:
> On 2/2/08, Jonathan Wakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 02/02/2008, Rodrigo Dominguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, NightStrike wrote: > > > > > > > On 2/2/08, Jonathan Wakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 02/02/2008, Rodrigo Dominguez wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > How do you reply to a thread in the mailing lists? The only way I > > > > > > can > > > > > > think of is sending an email with the same subject and copy/paste > > > > > > the > > > > > > thread into the email body. Will this work? > > > > > > > > > > No. Just use the "reply" function of your mail program. If you send a > > > > > new email with the same subject it probably won't be considered part > > > > > of the same thread. If you reply to a previous mail (and you don't > > > > > have a broken email program) it will just work, the details are > > > > > off-topic here. > > > > > > > > > > > Will my email be added to the > > > > > > active thread (I don't want the system to create a new thread)? Is > > > > > > there a > > > > > > better way to do it beside copy/pasting? > > > > > > > > > > Your email program should be able to include the content of the mail > > > > > you're replying to. If it can't, get a new email program. > > > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > I'm assuming that he meant an older message for which his only copy is > > > > in the mailing list archives. In that case, he would have to use the > > > > mailer daemon message request feature. > > > > > > > > > > Exactly! > > > > Aaaah, I see. > > > > > What do you mean by the "mailer daemon message request feature" and how do > > > I use it? > > > > The WELCOME mail you get after subscribng to any of the lists > > describes the administrative commands for the list, which allow you to > > fetch old messages. Do I need to subscribe to the mailing list in order to run this commands? I don't want to start getting tons of emails when anyone posts to the list. There should be a way to do this without subscribing. Otherwise, what if tomorrow I want to reply to a thread from a different list? Would I have to subscribe to that list too??? > > > > Jon > > > > I thought this, too, but I just checked (having recently subscribed, I > still had the welcome email). The email doesn't contain any of the > instructions I thought it did. Instead, you have to send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "help" in the body to receive the > email with all the instructions that typically come in the welcome > email. > I tried sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] but the help message doesn't say anything about how to reply to an specific thread. It has information about administring your Bug-coreutils account. Rodrigo
