[CentOS] How to reply to a digest

Thu Jun 11 17:48:56 UTC 2009
David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org>

David McGuffey <davidmcguffey at ...> writes:

> 
> I'm receiving the centos-request in digest mode. Using Fedora 10 and
> Evolution. When I tried to reply to a centos-request message inside the
> digest, the result doesn't seem to look right.  I cut/paste the proper
> subject line (replacing the CentOS Digest, Vol NN, Issue nn text), but
> some have complained that this approach doesn't allow the original
> question and replies to be threaded.
> 
> So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving the
> digest version?
> 
> Dave
> 

I was recently soundly castigated for "messing up the list threading" by
replying to digest items by just doing a cut and paste that preserved the
subject.  Someone on the list was kind enough to point me to:

http://gmane.org

Which provides a threaded web interface for a number of mailing lists including
this one (linux.centos.general on gmane).  I've been happy with the
functionality although not being able to just hit reply takes some of the
spontaneity out of list conversations.

Cheers,
Dave