From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 88167 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2016 02:40:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 88150 invoked by uid 89); 12 Aug 2016 02:40:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=taylothgmailcom, tayloth@gmail.com, Greg, freemyer X-HELO: nm8-vm4.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: from nm8-vm4.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (HELO nm8-vm4.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com) (216.109.114.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 02:40:11 +0000 Received: from [66.196.81.166] by nm8.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Aug 2016 02:40:09 -0000 Received: from [98.138.104.99] by tm12.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Aug 2016 02:40:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Aug 2016 02:40:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: uQK22MWswBCKBpZEmcLDxzBiNtxH7V0FvTGeZikrZyTgdEnV Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:51:00 -0000 From: Jack Subject: Re: Please explain how to add to a thread in this mailing list To: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: (from greg.freemyer@gmail.com on Thu Aug 11 22:13:21 2016) Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2016-08/txt/msg00207.txt.bz2 On 2016.08.11 22:13, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Thomas Taylor =20=20 > wrote: > > Thank you for responding to my post. I think I asked the wrong=20=20 > question. > > What I really want to know is how to use this mailing list and=20=20 > others like > > it. I'm new at this, and can't find any instructions anywhere.=20=20=20 > Such lists > > must have become part of the culture, and I must have missed school=20= =20 > that > > day. I'm able to create a post, but don't know how to reply to one. > > Somehow I got the feeling that I should only reply to the mailing=20=20 > list, > > rather than directly to the person (like you) who responded to my=20=20 > post. I > > don't get responses via email, and don't even know if I should.=20=20=20 > Instead, I > > check for them periodically on the web page for the mailing list=20=20 > archive. > > If I find a response, I don't know the right way to reply. >=20 > Are you subscribed such that you get each email as a separate email? >=20 > If so, all you have to do is reply. >=20 > Reply all s normally fine, but I've been on lists with various rules > (netiquettes). >=20 > I suspect your issue is how you subscribed to the list. >=20 > Greg >=20 That also depends on you email software. In most cases, Greg is right,=20= =20 and you can just hit "reply". However, in some cases, the combination=20=20 of the list software and you email software knows you can "Reply to=20=20 group" which is different - it replies to the list address, and not to=20=20 the individual who sent the message. Unfortunately, there is not=20=20 consistency here, so you have to learn how the lists you subscribe to=20=20 identify themselves, and how you individual email software deals with=20=20 that. For example, I need to "G" or "Reply-group" rather than just=20=20 "Reply". The real issue is simply that you need to pay attention to=20=20 all the "To:" and "CC:" headers before you hit "Send". -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple