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Re: How to retrieve old messages, index, etc.
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Gregory Borota <cygwin at sbcglobal dot net>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:57:03 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: How to retrieve old messages, index, etc.
- References: <40464496.5000808@sbcglobal.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Gregory Borota wrote:
> From the mail one gets when subscribing to this list:
>
> To get messages 123 through 145 (a maximum of 100 per request), mail:
> <cygwin-get.123_145@cygwin.com>
>
> To get an index with subject and author for messages 123-456 , mail:
> <cygwin-index.123_456@cygwin.com>
>
> They are always returned as sets of 100, max 2000 per request,
> so you'll actually get 100-499.
>
> To receive all messages with the same subject as message 12345,
> send an empty message to:
> <cygwin-thread.12345@cygwin.com>
>
> I am new to mail list stuff, so please forgive me if I am annoying.
> Does the above ever work for this list? If yes how?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
It works. You need to know the exact message numbers, however. For
example, your message (the one I'm replying to) was number 89194 (from the
"Return-Path:" header). So, to get a copy of your message, you'd send
e-mail to <cygwin-get.82194 at cygwin dot com>. Try it...
Igor
P.S. The "Raw text" link in the list archives is your friend. ;-)
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