Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:57:17 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Eric Penfold <eric@epetech.plus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How best to reply to list (Was Re: startssl at boot time) Message-ID: <20040408175717.GA18610@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <40758FB3.8010507@epetech.plus.com> References: <40753C24.6060903@epetech.plus.com> <20040408162521.GA8604@voyager.swabbies.org> <40758FB3.8010507@epetech.plus.com>
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On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 06:45:23PM +0100, Eric Penfold wrote: > Joshua Lokken wrote: > > > * Eric Penfold <eric@epetech.plus.com> [2004-04-08 04:50]: > > > >> (side note, I'm a lurker, not a subscriber, so this response will > probably break threading. If anyone has suggestions on how best to reply, > without needing to subscribe and be swamped by email, I'd be grateful). > > > > > > > > You could subscribe to the list and choose to have it delivered to you > > daily as a digest; then you'd have all of the list posts, and only > > receive one mail (or so) per day. > > Yes, I'm aware of that possibility, but it doesnt help with the fundamental > problem of being able to reply to specific posts (without breaking > threading etc). Once or twice when I have wanted to reply to a mail on a list that I am not subscribed to, I have downloaded the raw e-mail in question from the list-archives, placed it in my mailbox and then replied to it just as if I had received it normally. It is a bit of work, but it works fine. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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