From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pj1-x102a.google.com (mail-pj1-x102a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::102a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DD163858D31 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:20:20 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 0DD163858D31 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=berkeley.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=carrier@berkeley.edu Received: by mail-pj1-x102a.google.com with SMTP id e6so133989pjt.4 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:20:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=berkeley-edu.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:date:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=74SOol4D5P4jRRayuf6hSqOrWqFGOGaAQpHJXyfzVog=; b=TZlS4fkwKKi3Cm/KwHs70NjoEOpqMdXEs2QF7cHMUi8il8UwjrF4wSe5dxktN+CmAY 3rT5t/wH1yduQhrRmDlRBCczBuW0RAEd9gwYJ1EumbUrt9Le1Qv6XJRn5ZsFK/toswEk QKYWvepUTASCiJZ44gprX4rwTAfCfbJgbI9wuU7TJ8+7Scqlhr/a6Pa9UbrdB8vbM780 f+nmpIxUTNwiMo8/6pQYiAwqC5kP+Z8PXhLSa0Ysfd71Bki+VvMIFmjBv0BhsVG9P0Lf GqlzHOxC8JPDswavOKf8UbTZ5lNWKy2E0RAALpRuM6gc0uEwdir6txOmdAchKjUjBwwk YSFg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:date:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=74SOol4D5P4jRRayuf6hSqOrWqFGOGaAQpHJXyfzVog=; b=pewl8kW4s7HhuMeethNM3gG76FmbQWjsvOXyxOArugxz8rRB9oQ9IrH8xiQEJVZMZf ZRll9nyTzso/bUoYS2m9bI+Eua8BW57bRHdwAE0zQPiDDsP5+hXJvB5t1s8F2lJe66sc YLiwfQNo2a7Vi93sOsP/wlWyVDq4kOVNkAh2pugYIVD+fA8Iwztny72KudiqNelrPP7w ZyUB3VhgoWIt9OxoE41o7F8ijENn+slRvX2Y0jVGgC38bh2flGhnT6dgJZjJG6KhwTqY ty8ElnRnLsMrwS4zdTVey4ychB6o2uvRo8hRG/XXlWC8XZr1lT8SGRvuznYdOsbhrdAi NMUg== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZGkmNkAQT/hw4WqQaqg6ZJ3VcDFdpRCfkwQaYWeN7SDyDwj8Bv pfoPvrZemUwl9CU5aTrO9R0gSusU59I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypK3zfjTfq5MpeI7/gHlgFVYy0yx2I1WCdOnabQnhQVFllZvvFRiCGFJNCuScD1wnbin2i089g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:4802:: with SMTP id a2mr550373pjh.66.1587403218634; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iguana.crashland.org (ec2-52-35-100-111.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com. [52.35.100.111]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k12sm62546pfk.46.2020.04.20.10.20.17 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:20:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Carrier X-Google-Original-From: Stephen Carrier Received: by iguana.crashland.org (Postfix, from userid 510) id 5BD7362519; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:20:17 -0700 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Two naive questions Message-ID: <20200420172017.GA17660@iguana.crashland.org> References: <20200417174902.GA32412@iguana.crashland.org> <169450016.20200417211620@yandex.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:20:21 -0000 On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:44:30PM -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2020-04-17 12:16, Andrey Repin wrote: > > Greetings, Stephen Carrier! > >> I remember having had the same confusion the first few times I initiated > >> threads. > > > When you start a new thread, do not reply to existing threads. > > It's that simple. > > Indeed - proper mail and news readers use References not Subject headers for > threading when available, so your new topic will be lost under an old thread. I think the OP's first question was asking how to effectively join an existing thread when one is browsing the recent archives and not subscribed to the list. Joining the list after seeing a question one would like to answer doesn't help, because the message you would like to respond to has already gone by. I think a good solution would be to get the message number from the web archive and request that a particular message be sent to you. Then you could respond to that message and join the thread properly. However, there doesn't seem to be a way to do that. I used to be notified how to retrieve messages I had missed (due to bouncing) but the method did not work. Furthermore, the mailman faq doesn't mention any way to do this. Stephen