From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 04:10:26 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 A37B8106567A for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:10:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from novembre@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481A18FC12 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:10:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from novembre@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so597047ana.13 for ; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:10:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=325IC2RiY8Rj8nxWMdEr1/sFwu+/wV2JfUb/aT+RiKU=; b=QjWC6/z+IYbzlL+WIHUBFuAjQmGOY6ze7ST72bWuFMw8GPM+k22YKOX2MpMrTjYEnY qs/aeg53JYfnlQqqUEk440A92YN9tIAwl9Gqw3ztv+WXbLbLfHmaogDogTmrydFhUCw4 VzCKWiPR8R2E2a/aeFD/57zEhaXqL/LMaZVNs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=UXIcF92mCXE8MicAILtF7hHB+Ltj8YQJY6CvIwZ/t3l5NvhqpjCYPpgLC5QFFP0UlP glvT0DkhR8u+0QmAryNbLbh1svH5F0DoPI+rT9Ci4sh3jy9L8Fhy7+dwicQ5xAbFKl2N iKHdiTKkEOpNta8CTXnnfD+d28b+Rr2ir1N6A= Received: by 10.100.31.3 with SMTP id e3mr4759342ane.21.1213071025507; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:10:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.13.7 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:10:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3b47caa90806092110o4f409778u29aa15be92c0959e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:10:25 -0500 From: Novembre To: "Randy Pratt" In-Reply-To: <20080609064047.b74f4b95.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3b47caa90806082022g65e88d97q3fa3d99d3b790ddc@mail.gmail.com> <20080609064047.b74f4b95.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:10:26 -0000 On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Randy Pratt wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:22:24 -0500 > 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? > > If you are reading the mailing lists via the FreeBSD website > (http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-questions.html) > you can use the "Raw E-Mail" link of a posting to fetch a > copy and incorporate it into your mail client. > > Two common mail formats are pine mail (one file per folder), > and MH mail (one file per message). I use Sylpheed which uses > MH mail format so its quite easy. I created a folder called > "Mail/web-list" and fetch the mail directly to it. The trick > is to use the next numerical message number, in this example > "114": > > cd ~/Mail/web-list > fetch -R -o 114 ' > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=422834+0+current/freebsd-questions+raw > ' > > It is then possible to just use Sylpheed normally and click > on "Reply to All". The mail will be properly threaded for > the mailing lists. > > I've not used the "one file per folder" type of mail client > in a very long time but I would think that just appending > the new mail to the end would suffice. > > You will need to investigate how your particular mail client > operates and what format it uses, but what you want to do > is possible. I would recommend backing up your mail before > experimenting and using the test mailing list > (freebsd-test@freebsd.org). > > HTH, > > Randy > -- > The problem is that I don't use any mail client, but the old fashion way of using a web browser to log into my account and read my emails. That's why I asked this question in the first place. Call me paranoid, but I just feel more comfortable that way! So to be more specific, how can I answer to a post from a mailing list from within my, e.g., GMail or Yahoo! mailboxes? Is there any way to use the Raw E-Mail output to send an email from within GMail to the OP and the list so that it's threaded properly as well? I will remember your instructions whenever I started using a mail client. Maybe I should do it anyway --- how is Claw Mail? Thanks a lot :)