From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jul 16 5: 0:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C26337B401 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1BF343E67 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6GC0DJU070896 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g6GC0DV6070895; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E8E37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:57:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-233-156-170.client.attbi.com [12.233.156.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E88E43E42 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:57:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6G7P53d000550 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:25:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from das@HAL9000.homeunix.com) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.wox.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6G7OxBj000546; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:24:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from das) Message-Id: <200207160724.g6G7OxBj000546@HAL9000.wox.org> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:24:59 -0700 (PDT) From: David Schultz To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/40648: Confusing instructions for subscribing to mailing lists Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 40648 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Confusing instructions for subscribing to mailing lists >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 16 05:00:13 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Schultz >Release: N/A >Organization: >Environment: >Description: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html The first thing it says under the ``How to Subscribe'' heading is how to send mail to the lists. Many unalert readers seem to look at the heading, then at the example address and send off a subscribe request to the wrong place. This is annoying for people who are already subscribed, and a big turn-off for potential subscribers, whose requests are silently ignored. A partial solution to this problem is to make the first thing under ``How to Subscribe'' say---you guessed it---how to subscribe. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.87 diff -u -r1.87 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 2002/07/04 14:24:45 1.87 +++ chapter.sgml 2002/07/16 07:15:46 @@ -548,12 +548,6 @@ How to Subscribe - All mailing lists live on FreeBSD.org, so to post to a given list you - simply mail to - <listname@FreeBSD.org>. It will then - be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide. - To subscribe to a list, send mail to &a.majordomo; and include subscribe <listname> [<optional address>] @@ -564,6 +558,13 @@ &prompt.user; mail majordomo@FreeBSD.org subscribe freebsd-announce ^D + + To actually post to a given list you + simply send mail to + <listname@FreeBSD.org>. It will then + be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide. + Please note, subscription requests go to + &a.majordomo;, not the lists themselves. If you want to subscribe yourself under a different name, or submit a subscription request for a local mailing list (this is more >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message