Speaking of GMail filters, a more "solid" way to do what Dave
describes is to create a filter based on "label:mailing-list -<your
email address>".

For example, set it to archive anything that matches
"label:user-hadoop [EMAIL PROTECTED]" and you'd only get
conversations in the Inbox that you've sent or you involved yourself
in. (Assuming existence of a label "user-hadoop" that matches all
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mails)

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Dave Beech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess you could set up gmail filters to do this. Set it up so all
> mail from the list gets immediately archived / deleted / whatever, but
> flag your queries as "important" so they skip the filter and hit your
> inbox.
>
> On 22 October 2012 19:15, Jay Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I would simply use "Stackoverflow" for this sort of engagement.  A mailing
>> list is designed larely to include the whole user community in the global
>> conversation.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Kaliyug Antagonist
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm a Hadoop user - cluster as well as MapReduce coding.
>>>
>>> I would like to subscribe to the mailing list.
>>>
>>> Is it possible that I get mails only when a response is provided to the
>>> queries I post?
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jay Vyas
>> http://jayunit100.blogspot.com

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Harsh J