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Date:      Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:04:59 -0500
From:      Novembre <novembre@gmail.com>
To:        "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: question about posting to FreeBSD mailing lists
Message-ID:  <3b47caa90806092104p1842d20fpffdd8dc59787a19e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <991123400806090142g663a99b0rf04243d934d36e3c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:42 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> 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?
> >
>
> How do you receive them if you are not subscribed to the list? Some magic?
> What stops you from subscribing?:-)
>
>
> --
> George Burns  - "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get
> old."
>


Nothing stops me from subscribing to any list, just that I don't like to get
too many emails in my mailbox. In fact, I am subscribed to two of the lists
(x11 and current), but I chose not to get the emails. And I use my web
browser to read the messages, e.g.
http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-questions.html .



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