From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 11:59:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D491065673 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tl32@next.online.no) Received: from mail46.e.nsc.no (mail46.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C7E8FC21 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:59:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tl32@next.online.no) Received: from [62.16.185.247] (062016185247.customer.alfanett.no [62.16.185.247]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail46.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m59Bx3WF012825; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:59:03 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <484D1B1C.9020909@next.online.no> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:59:24 +0200 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080229) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Novembre , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3b47caa90806082022g65e88d97q3fa3d99d3b790ddc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90806082022g65e88d97q3fa3d99d3b790ddc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: question about posting to FreeBSD mailing lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:59:06 -0000 Novembre wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to answer the posts in the mailing lists if one is not > subscribed to the list and does not receive them in his mailbox? From time > to time, I see posts which I can actually answer and contribute to, but > since I'm not subscribed to the lists, even if I post an answer to the > person asking the question and CC it to the list, it doesn't regroup with > other posts on the same topic. Is there any way around this? Besides what Randy wrote, several mailing lists are mirrored to newsgroups. I subscribe to muc.lists.freebsd.questions, even though I am subscribed to the list. (I prefer not to receive all that stuff as e-mail.) When answering a post, I have to edit the addresses, but my answer is then threaded properly. -- Tore