From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 11:00:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2298D1065677 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:00:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@embarqmail.com) Received: from mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com [208.47.184.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB8BF8FC12 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:00:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@embarqmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=embarqmail.com; s=s012408; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@embarqmail.com; t=1213008048; h=From:Subject:Date:To:Mime-Version:Content-Type; bh=9rrEpW3aXBhedg06cAWCd5sw+uQ=; b=PPyG7xSsSi/KDPjMvA0Dd47MQkn5AEpocNs8MgQI0VtHfNCC2e7fCcscosIvnKLv n8VGblC3veKZr1FORWjvcKj7kVIVb7ENN7KKdGdeDqBD5WaLIy7CxZBb9LOVwHja; X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=NECecxYrsG0A:10 a=H5TQDsX4cnMA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=9mA9YG0FYO_jkvp9bKgA:9 a=jrSsNCaDwg78LUyV79MA:7 a=Bsy89xh351Wdfrj9Imz-_WlLhssA:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp09.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=rpratt1950@embarqmail.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) Received: from [74.4.72.185] ([74.4.72.185:54369] helo=kt.weeeble.com) by mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.1.28 r(22594)) with ESMTPA id 42/EF-08696-0B80D484; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:40:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:40:47 -0400 From: Randy Pratt To: Novembre Message-Id: <20080609064047.b74f4b95.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90806082022g65e88d97q3fa3d99d3b790ddc@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b47caa90806082022g65e88d97q3fa3d99d3b790ddc@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: question about posting to FreeBSD mailing lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:00:50 -0000 On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:22:24 -0500 Novembre wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to answer the posts in the mailing lists if one is not > subscribed to the list and does not receive them in his mailbox? From time > to time, I see posts which I can actually answer and contribute to, but > since I'm not subscribed to the lists, even if I post an answer to the > person asking the question and CC it to the list, it doesn't regroup with > other posts on the same topic. Is there any way around this? If you are reading the mailing lists via the FreeBSD website (http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-questions.html) you can use the "Raw E-Mail" link of a posting to fetch a copy and incorporate it into your mail client. Two common mail formats are pine mail (one file per folder), and MH mail (one file per message). I use Sylpheed which uses MH mail format so its quite easy. I created a folder called "Mail/web-list" and fetch the mail directly to it. The trick is to use the next numerical message number, in this example "114": cd ~/Mail/web-list fetch -R -o 114 'http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=422834+0+current/freebsd-questions+raw' It is then possible to just use Sylpheed normally and click on "Reply to All". The mail will be properly threaded for the mailing lists. I've not used the "one file per folder" type of mail client in a very long time but I would think that just appending the new mail to the end would suffice. You will need to investigate how your particular mail client operates and what format it uses, but what you want to do is possible. I would recommend backing up your mail before experimenting and using the test mailing list (freebsd-test@freebsd.org). HTH, Randy --