# Getting mails to say someone has added to your topic

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526 "2006-03-28T22:44:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/julian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526/1 "2006-03-28T22:44:04Z")

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Does this group thing in google have such a facility i wonder, does any  
one Know, a bit of a basic question but a question never the less??  
julian

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**Author:** ![julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/julian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526/2 "2006-03-28T22:57:21Z")

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On 3/28/06, julian [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Does this group thing in google have such a facility i wonder, does any  
> one Know, a bit of a basic question but a question never the less??  
> julian

Well, [groups.google.com](http://groups.google.com) is really just a usenet gateway. When you go  
to comp.lang.ruby in google groups, you are reading from/posting to  
the usenet newsgroup. That newsgroup is mirrored as the ruby-talk  
mailing list. Messages sent to the list generate a post on the  
newsgroup, and messages posted to the newsgroup are sent as an email  
to the list. So, if you prefer push (email) vs. pull (newsgroup)  
access to the contents of the newgroup/list, I suggest just signing up  
for the ruby-talk mailing list. This can be done at:

[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020104.html](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020104.html)

Jacob F.

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**Author:** ![julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/julian)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526/3 "2006-03-29T00:14:58Z")

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Jacob F. wrote:

> So, if you prefer push (email) vs. pull (newsgroup)  
> access to the contents of the newgroup/list, I suggest just signing up  
> for the ruby-talk mailing list. This can be done at:
> 
> [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020104.html](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020104.html)
> 
> Jacob F.  
> You can also join the ruby based frontend for the mailinglist at  
> [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/)  
> There you can enable email notification for topics/threads you are  
> interested in.

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**Author:** ![julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@julian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/julian)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-mails-to-say-someone-has-added-to-your-topic/89526/4 "2006-03-29T20:30:44Z")

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Ta very much indeed I will follow up you suggestions asap, ta cheers …