Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 21:15:36 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: Dave Tweten <tweten@nas.nasa.gov>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Subscribe a List to a FreeBSD List? Message-ID: <398F8968.CE08ADB3@urx.com> References: <200008070211.TAA29654@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov> <20000807090005.A29629@athena.sea.tera.com>
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Gary Kline wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 07:11:30PM -0700, Dave Tweten wrote: > > 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. > > Hmm. I have been a FreeBSD porter for several years; in mid-June, > I unsub's to the porting list and the -stable list---rather than > be *bounced* off when my home site was silent for 3 weeks. When > I got back in early July, I resub's to both lists, and am still > waiting. ...Maybe ports has enough help now; but that doesn't > explain the delay for the -stable list. > > (?) > I switched ISP's and a couple of weeks ago I subscribed with the new ISP email address (about 5 minutes elapsed to commit, doc, hackers, ports, questions, and stable). I sent the subscribe request to all 6 in one message. The responses came back individually and it was too easy to just reply after editing it so that the authorization started in col. 1. Kent Kent > gary > > -- > Gary Kline > Cray Inc > Seattle, Washington > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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