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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:28:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "Koskie, Sarah" <skoskie AT iupui DOT edu>
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Subject: RE: trying to reply to specific message
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote:

> Sorry, I'd only encountered lists that one subscribed to by emailing
> them with the word subscribe in the subject or body (so I tried both.)

Emailing <cygwin-allow-subscribe<at>cygwin<dot>com> should have done it.

> I followed the link you provided below but the response to clicking the
> "Send in the request" button after entering mailing list name
> cygwin-allow (and my e-mail address) was:
>
>    Cannot handle your mailing list request at this time...
>
>    You did not provide a mailing list name, or you've entered a mailing
> list     name which is not handled on sources.redhat.com.

Umm, yes, I didn't know whether it'd work with cygwin-allow.  Just try
mailing the above address.  Or, as others mentioned, use GMane.

> Oh well.  I guess I'll have to work on the "getting a better mailer"
> option.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha<at>cs<dot>nyu<dot>edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:36 PM
> > To: Koskie, Sarah
> > Cc: cygwin<at>cygwin<dot>com
> > Subject: Re: trying to reply to specific message

Speaking of mailers, again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.
Google for "quotefix" to see how to do this with Outlook.
	Igor

> > On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote:
> >
> > > >> Is there a way to get related messages posted properly
> > >
> > > Thanks.  I tried the second method and it didn't work.  I requested a
> > > message and it was sent to me as an attachment.  The address
> > > automatically inserted was for the original sender not the mailing list
> > > so I changed that to the mailing list, but, of course, my reply did not
> > > get posted as a follow on to the message.
> >
> > Then MS Outlook is more retarded than I thought.  Pine, for example, can
> > easily reply to attached messages...
> >
> > > I also checked the earlier discussion you referenced which seemed to
> > > indicate that I should subscribe to cygwin-allow.  I tried that and
> > > received the following:
> > >
> > > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sourceware.org.
> > > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
> > > addresses.
> > > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> > >
> > > <cygwin-allow<at>cygwin<dot>com>:
> > > ezmlm-manage: fatal: I don't accept messages at this address (inlocal
> > > and/or inhost don't match) (#5.1.1)
> > >
> > > --- Enclosed are the original headers of the message.
> >
> > You didn't read the instructions carefully enough.  It said to *subscribe*
> > to cygwin-allow, not send messages to that address.  You don't subscribe
> > to ezmlm lists by sending messages to those lists.  See
> > <http://cygwin.com/ml/lists.html#faqs> for instructions and a handy form.
> >
> > > I guess this is why most of the postings aren't properly linked.
> >
> > No, postings aren't properly linked because people don't bother to make
> > them properly linked (retarded mailers, etc).
> >
> > > If I'm doing something wrong or there is anything else I should try I'd
> > > be glad to hear of it.
> >
> > Sure.  Try getting a better mailer. :-D
> > 	Igor

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