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Date:      Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:11:30 -0700
From:      Dave Tweten <tweten@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   How to Subscribe a List to a FreeBSD List?
Message-ID:  <200008070211.TAA29654@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>

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I own several computer-security related e-mail lists at my NASA site, intended 
to get system administrators the information they need to stay a half-step 
ahead of the barbarians.  I've been trying to set one up specifically for 
administrators of FreeBSD systems.  There is no joy.

I consulted the advice on the FreeBSD web site and in the Handbook, and 
concluded that all I had to do was give the list's address on the subscribe 
command.  I did that, and followed the sequence through to the point, on May 
31, where Majordomo told me "Your request to Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG: ... has 
been forwarded to the owner of the "freebsd-security-notifications" list for 
approval."  Then I waited.  No response.  No notifications.

On June 8, I followed Majordomo's advice: "If you have any questions about the 
policy of the list owner, please contact 'freebsd-security-notifications-approv
al@FreeBSD.ORG'."  I sent e-mail and got no response.

I've since tried the whole process two more times, on June 21, and just today. 
 Today, I also subscribed myself -- which avoids the approval part, and I have 
set my e-mail filter to forward to my list any messages I receive from 
security-notifications.  This will work, but it's inefficient.

Both the web and the Handbook say that subscribing a list to a FreeBSD list is 
a welcome activity.  I don't want to be a pain, but I haven't been able to 
find what I should do next, or whether I should have done something completely 
different in the first place.

What's the right way to do this?  Thanks for any help you can provide.
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