BLU Announcements list

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

I've moved the BLU announcements mailing list, announce at blu.org, over
to the new server, and replaced the corresponding aliases on the old
server so they forward to the new server.
 
The old server used Majordomo to manage the lists; the new server uses
Mailman, which is a far more comprehensive listserv.
 
Mailman assigns a password to your subscription, and automatically
sends it to you in its monthly report on the status of your subscription.
Mailman maintains a single list with options for digest, nomail, etc. on
a per-user basis, whereas majordomo set these on a per-list basis and thus
needed separate lists for each type of subscription.
 
Mailman has both an email interface and a web interface for managing your
subscription. For the email interface, send to "announce-request at blu.org"  
and place the command in the Subject: line, e.g.:
 
    Subject: subscribe
 
    Subject: unsubscribe <PASSWORD>
 
    Subject: help

The web interface is at "http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce";.


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John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix 
ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr at jabber.org / YAHOO abreauj
Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.blu.org


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