This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: Replying to a mailing list thread
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, NightStrike wrote:
> On 2/2/08, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 02/02/2008, Rodrigo Dominguez <rdomingu@ece.neu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, NightStrike wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 2/2/08, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> 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
> Bug-coreutils-request@gnu.org 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 Bug-coreutils-request@gnu.org 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