[swift-users] How mailing lists work

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

I think you may be able to reply to messages you haven't received via
Gmane, by choosing "Followup" from the actions in the upper right dropdown
menu.

http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.evolution

Jacob

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Johan Jensen via swift-users <
swift-users at swift.org> wrote:

> Every mail usually gets a unique Message-ID assigned by either the mail
> client or the first mail server. While it often looks like a valid email,
> it is only an identifier.
> When you reply to an email, the Message-ID of that email gets set as the
> In-Reply-To value.
> This is the basic of message threading, but most clients have a lot of
> extra code to better determine threading.
>
> In the case of mailing lists, you want to send your reply to the email of
> the message you’re replying to, as well as the mailing list. You want to
> send it to the mailing list, so it can archive your reply on the website as
> well as sending copies out to everyone who have subscribed.
> Generally this is done by pressing "Reply All" in your mail client, which
> sets the mailing list as cc.
>
> I am not aware of a way to reply to archived messages, if you haven't
> received the email yourself.
>
> — Johan
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:54 PM, David Keck via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>
>> I am totally new to this concept of mailing lists. I have heard about
>> them in programming books, but it always seemed like they were for phased
>> out or only in use for old projects. Anyway, now that I have a taste of
>> them, I think they're awesome! I'd like to know more about how they work.
>>
>> Specifically, how can I reply and quote someone? Do I reply to the
>> Message ID? For example: Message-ID: <m2y4bhpj58.fsf at eno.apple.com> Or
>> do I send a reply directly to the original email address?
>>
>> I know I can access an archive at
>> https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-users/, but I'm still not sure
>> how to reply from there either.
>>
>> Sorry if this is super obvious stuff, but everyone has to learn sometime!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> David Keck
>>
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