From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 7:11: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C9137BDAE for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:10:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.84.181]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000808141043.TPJM26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:10:43 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA01186; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:10:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:10:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: tweten@nas.nasa.gov Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Majordomo Problems? Message-ID: <20000808151024.B250@parish> References: <200008072257.PAA07520@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov> <398F9314.B0A4F2A3@urx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <398F9314.B0A4F2A3@urx.com>; from kstewart@urx.com on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 09:56:52PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 09:56:52PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Dave Tweten wrote: > > > > It appears that FreeBSD's Majordomo may be in worse shape than I > > feared when I sent in my question about subscribing lists to > > FreeBSD lists, yesterday. > > > > Today, I tried to subscribe myself to two more lists, > > freebsd-announce, and freebsd-mobile. Since I was only trying to > > subscribe this address, I used the bare subscribe command. I got > > back a message for each from Majordomo, telling me that I should > > expect another message containing the subscription authorization > > magic string to send back -- but I didn't get the actual messages > > containing the magic strings. > > > > Since both kinds of message should have been sent to exactly the > > same e-mail address and one kind got through but the other didn't, > > I conclude that the Majordomo subscription mechanism for at least > > these two lists is broken. > > > > Am I right? If so, what's happening to fix Majordomo (and when > > should I try again)? If not, where did I go wrong? Thanks for any > > help. > > I would check your spelling because I just tried it and got both > emails back in less than 15 seconds. > > The string I sent to majordomo@freebsd.org was > > subscribe freebsd-announce > > It worked. What can I say. You are probably missing something obvious. > Try sending my string because it worked. > One thing that tripped me up once is that whilst you can *post* to questions@freebsd.org (for example) you *must* subscribe to freebsd-questions. ^^^^^^^^ > Kent > > > -- > > M/S 258-5 | 1024-bit PGP fingerprint: | tweten@nas.nasa.gov > > NASA Ames Research Center | 41 B0 89 0A 8F 94 6C 59 | (650) 604-4416 > > Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 | 7C 80 10 20 25 C7 2F E6 | FAX: (650) 604-4377 > > We each earn what freedom of speech we defend for those who most offend us. > > > > 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 -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message