Mailer update

From: Mark J Bradakis (mjb(at)autox.team.net)
Date: Tue Nov 19 1996 - 17:30:52 CST


I've just installed a newer version of sendmail, which seems to be working
fine. If you notice any strange problems with mail to whatever lists on
autox.team.net you are on, let me know.

And while I'm typing, I might as well add the following info. While quite
obvious, and included in the info message you get when you subscribe to
one of the mailing lists, it is amazing how many people just don't understand.
Those of you not familiar with email in general may especially want to save
this info.

List to which you want to send mail Address to use
----------------------------------- --------------

  alpines alpines(at)autox.team.net
  alpines-digest alpines(at)autox.team.net

  autox autox(at)autox.team.net
  ax-digest autox(at)autox.team.net

  british-cars british-cars(at)autox.team.net
  british-cars-digest british-cars(at)autox.team.net

  british-cars-pre-war british-cars-pre-war(at)autox.team.net

  datsun-roadsters datsun-roadsters(at)autox.team.net

  healeys healeys(at)autox.team.net

  mgs mgs(at)autox.team.net
  mgs-digest mgs(at)autox.team.net

  mini-baja mini-baja(at)autox.team.net

  mini-list mini-list(at)autox.team.net
  mini-list-digest mini-list(at)autox.team.net

  morgans morgans(at)autox.team.net

  morris morris(at)autox.team.net

  newsletters newsletters(at)autox.team.net

  riley riley(at)autox.team.net

  shop-talk shop-talk(at)autox.team.net

  tigers tigers(at)autox.team.net
  tigers-digest tigers(at)autox.team.net

  triumphs triumphs(at)autox.team.net
  triumphs-digest triumphs(at)autox.team.net

  vintage-race vintage-race(at)autox.team.net

  vtr vtr(at)autox.team.net

If you want to unsubscribe from one of the lists you are on, it is extremely
difficult. You send mail to majordomo(at)autox.team.net with nothing but

    unsubscribe <name_of_the_list_you_want_off>

as the body of the message. For example, if you want to get off the autocross
list, you send mail to majordomo(at)autox.team.net with nothing but the two words

    unsubscribe autox

as the body of the message.

If you try to unsubscribe, and get back that you are not a member of the list,
pick some portion of your address, and use the 'which' command. For example,
suppose you sent an unsubscribe command, and got back the reply that

  bozo(at)one.host.nowhere is not a member of list 'autox'

Then you could send mail to majordomo with a line or two like

  which bozo
  which nowhere

You might get back something like

>>>> which bozo
The string 'bozo' appears in the following
entries in lists served by Majordomo:

List Address
==== =======
ax-digest bozo(at)other.host.nowhere
british-cars-digest another_bozo(at)diploma.mill.edu

Then, knowing that you want to remove the entry for the ax-digest list,
you send mail to majordomo(at)autox.team.net with the command

  unsubscribe ax-digest bozo(at)other.host.nowhere



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