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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 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!
What do you mean by the "mailer daemon message request feature" and how do
I use it?
Rodrigo