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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:59:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
cc: Gregory Borota <cygwin AT sbcglobal DOT net>
Subject: Re: How to retrieve old messages, index, etc.
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> 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...
                        ^^^^^
Ahem.  s/2/9/.  Damn those typos...
	Igor

>         Igor
> P.S. The "Raw text" link in the list archives is your friend. ;-)

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