Op dinsdag 11 december 2018 20:53:15 CET schreef Istvan Gabor:

Hello:

Is it possible to get previous messages from the mail archives after subscribing to a list?

I would like reply-to a message I didn't receive because I wasn't subscribed to the list when it was sent out originally.

Thanks,

Istvan You can browse the archives, see lists.o.o

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On 11/12/2018 20.53, Istvan Gabor wrote:

Hello:

Is it possible to get previous messages from the mail archives after subscribing to a list?

I would like reply-to a message I didn't receive because I wasn't subscribed to the list when it was sent out originally.

Yes. But not with webmail, you must set up a local client like Thunderbird, mutt, Alpine, etc. First, go to the mail list archive, <https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/> At the end of the line for each month, it says "compressed mbox". Example: <https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/opensuse-2018-12.mbox.gz> Download it, for as many months as you wish. Decompress them. In Alpine, just copy the resulting files to the folder where you store mail for the list. Enter the folders that appear (may need a restart), and see the mail directly, answer at will. In Thunderbird, copy the files to: ~/.thunderbird/[RANDOM].default/Mail/Local Suppose the name of the file is opensuse-2018-12.mbox. Remove the ".mbox" extension, and create with touch an empty file name named opensuse-2018-12.msf. Restart Thunderbird. The new folders should be visible as local folders. Enter, view, reply, or move to another folder. You could upload them to gmail imap server (and thus see them in the webmail), but I have never tried this. Alternatively, try the import functionality. I don't remember using it, but I'm told it exists. Similar procedure if you use Dovecot, just copy the file to a directory where dovecot stores with mbox folders. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)