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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:57:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Gregory Borota <cygwin AT sbcglobal DOT net>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How to retrieve old messages, index, etc.
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Gregory Borota wrote:

>  From the mail one gets when subscribing to this list:
>
> To get messages 123 through 145 (a maximum of 100 per request), mail:
>     <cygwin-get DOT 123_145 AT cygwin DOT com>
>
> To get an index with subject and author for messages 123-456 , mail:
>     <cygwin-index DOT 123_456 AT cygwin DOT com>
>
> They are always returned as sets of 100, max 2000 per request,
> so you'll actually get 100-499.
>
> To receive all messages with the same subject as message 12345,
> send an empty message to:
>     <cygwin-thread DOT 12345 AT cygwin DOT com>
>
> I am new to mail list stuff, so please forgive me if I am annoying.
> Does the above ever work for this list? If yes how?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg

It works.  You need to know the exact message numbers, however.  For
example, your message (the one I'm replying to) was number 89194 (from the
"Return-Path:" header).  So, to get a copy of your message, you'd send
e-mail to <cygwin-get.82194 at cygwin dot com>.  Try it...
	Igor
P.S. The "Raw text" link in the list archives is your friend. ;-)
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