OT: A mailman question: how can I reply to a thread that's created before I join the alias?

[Dalibor Topic]

Max (Weijun) Wang wrote:
> Hi All
>
> While browsing the mail archive of an alias I'm not a member of, I 
> find a quite interesting thread. However, even if I join the alias 
> immediately, I cannot receive the thread. Is there any chance I can 
> reply to that thread now? 

If the list is available on gmane.org, you may be able to reply from there.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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