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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:56:24 +0200
Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> wrote:

> Which part of the handbook are you talking about?  I have here:

  That would be Chapter 19, "The Cutting Edge", subsections 19.2.1.4, 1)
and 19.2.2.3, 1):

"To join these lists, send mail to
<majordomo@FreeBSD.org>  and specify the following in the body of your
message:

    subscribe freebsd-stable
    subscribe cvs-all"

  I suggest to add something like the following near the quoted
passages (in big, red letters):

"Note: in order to subscribe to a list DO NOT send mail to any other
address than <majordomo@freebsd.org>!"

> ----- snip ------------------------------------------------------
> [ Appendix C. Resources on the Internet ]
> [ C.1. Mailing Lists ]
> C.1.2.  How to Subscribe
[...] 
> To subscribe to a list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.org>
> and include
>     subscribe <listname> [<optional address>]
[...]
> ----- snap ------------------------------------------------------

  Same for here.


> How can one misunderstand the instructions?  It even has an

  I don't know how and why, but it does happen.

cc: to -doc.

regards
-- 
  Linus

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