[c815c04] | 1 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-maillists" xreflabel="Mailing lists">
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 2 | <?dbhtml filename="maillists.html" dir="introduction"?>
|
---|
[7891efc] | 3 | <title>Mailing lists</title>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 4 |
|
---|
[7891efc] | 5 | <para>The linuxfromscratch.org server is hosting a number of mailing
|
---|
| 6 | lists that are used for the development of the <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.
|
---|
| 7 | These lists include, among others, the main development and support
|
---|
| 8 | lists.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 9 |
|
---|
[7891efc] | 10 | <!-- <itemizedlist>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 11 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 12 | <listitem><para>blfs-support</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 13 |
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 14 | <listitem><para>blfs-dev</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 15 |
|
---|
| 16 | <listitem><para>blfs-book</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 17 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 18 | <listitem><para>lfs-chat</para></listitem>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 19 |
|
---|
| 20 | <listitem><para>lfs-support</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 21 |
|
---|
| 22 | <listitem><para>lfs-dev</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 23 |
|
---|
| 24 | <listitem><para>lfs-announce</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 25 |
|
---|
| 26 | <listitem><para>lfs-book</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 27 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 28 | <listitem><para>lfs-security</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 29 |
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 30 | <listitem><para>alfs-discuss</para></listitem>
|
---|
| 31 |
|
---|
| 32 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
| 33 |
|
---|
| 34 | <sect2>
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 35 | <title>blfs-support</title>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 36 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 37 | <para>The blfs-support list is for the BLFS Book and beyond.</para>
|
---|
| 38 |
|
---|
| 39 | <para>It includes requests for help following the BLFS Book,
|
---|
| 40 | requests for help with packages not (yet) in
|
---|
| 41 | either the LFS Book or the BLFS Book,
|
---|
| 42 | and other requests and discussion concerning software
|
---|
| 43 | that might be installed on an LFS system.</para>
|
---|
| 44 |
|
---|
| 45 | <para>It does not include topics such as
|
---|
| 46 | the price of beer, what hardware to buy,
|
---|
[5628618e] | 47 | or GNU versus BSD or Microsoft versus Linux flame wars.
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 48 | These belong on lfs-chat,
|
---|
| 49 | and since blfs-support is high traffic,
|
---|
| 50 | please follow this rule strictly.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 51 |
|
---|
| 52 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 53 |
|
---|
| 54 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 55 | <title>blfs-dev</title>
|
---|
| 56 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 57 | <para>The blfs-dev list is for discussion of BLFS Book development.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 58 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 59 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 60 |
|
---|
| 61 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 62 | <title>blfs-book</title>
|
---|
| 63 |
|
---|
| 64 | <para>The blfs-book list is used for coordinating
|
---|
| 65 | the BLFS Book's maintenance.
|
---|
| 66 | Traffic on it is mostly Bugzilla and CVS commit messages.
|
---|
| 67 | It is important that all development discussion
|
---|
| 68 | of interest to the Book's users take place on blfs-dev, not here.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 69 |
|
---|
| 70 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 71 |
|
---|
| 72 | <sect2>
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 73 | <title>lfs-chat</title>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 74 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 75 | <para>The lfs-chat list is the place for community chatter.
|
---|
| 76 | It's a place where anything goes, nothing is off-topic.
|
---|
| 77 | You can discuss the price of beer or what hardware to buy.
|
---|
[5628618e] | 78 | Even GNU versus BSD and Microsoft versus Linux flame wars
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 79 | are okay in lfs-chat.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 80 |
|
---|
| 81 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 82 |
|
---|
| 83 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 84 | <title>lfs-support</title>
|
---|
| 85 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 86 | <para>The lfs-support list is the place to get help
|
---|
| 87 | following the instructions in the LFS Book itself.</para>
|
---|
| 88 |
|
---|
| 89 | <para>If you're finished with the LFS Book, use blfs-support instead.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 90 |
|
---|
| 91 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 92 |
|
---|
| 93 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 94 | <title>lfs-dev</title>
|
---|
| 95 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 96 | <para>The lfs-dev list is for discussion of LFS Book development.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 97 |
|
---|
| 98 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 99 |
|
---|
| 100 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 101 | <title>lfs-announce</title>
|
---|
| 102 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 103 | <para>The lfs-announce list is a moderated list for those who want
|
---|
| 104 | notification of new stable releases
|
---|
| 105 | without the higher traffic of lfs-dev.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 106 |
|
---|
| 107 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 108 |
|
---|
| 109 | <sect2>
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 110 | <title>lfs-book</title>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 111 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 112 | <para>The lfs-book list is used for coordinating the LFS Book's maintenance.
|
---|
| 113 | Traffic on it is mostly Bugzilla and CVS commit messages.
|
---|
| 114 | It is important that all development discussion
|
---|
| 115 | of interest to the Book's users take place on lfs-dev, not here.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 116 |
|
---|
| 117 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 118 |
|
---|
| 119 | <sect2>
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 120 | <title>lfs-security</title>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 121 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 122 | <para>The lfs-security list discusses security issues.
|
---|
| 123 | Vulnerability alerts, configuration questions,
|
---|
| 124 | security related packages, and other things to do with secure systems
|
---|
| 125 | are appropriate on this list.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 126 |
|
---|
| 127 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 128 |
|
---|
| 129 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 130 | <title>alfs-discuss</title>
|
---|
| 131 |
|
---|
[e5794c1] | 132 | <para>The alfs-discuss list is for discussion of ALFS development.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 133 |
|
---|
| 134 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 135 |
|
---|
| 136 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 137 | <title>Mail archives</title>
|
---|
| 138 |
|
---|
| 139 | <para>All these lists are archived and can be viewed online at
|
---|
| 140 | <ulink url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives"/> or downloaded
|
---|
| 141 | from <ulink url="&ftp-root;/mail-archives"/>.</para>
|
---|
| 142 |
|
---|
| 143 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 144 |
|
---|
| 145 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 146 | <title>How to subscribe?</title>
|
---|
| 147 |
|
---|
[5628618e] | 148 | <para>Any of the above-mentioned mailing lists can be subscribed to by
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 149 | sending an email to <ulink
|
---|
| 150 | url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>
|
---|
| 151 | and writing <emphasis>subscribe listname</emphasis> as the subject
|
---|
| 152 | header of the message.</para>
|
---|
| 153 |
|
---|
| 154 | <para>Multiple lists at the same time can be subscribed to by using
|
---|
| 155 | one email. This is done by leaving the subject blank and putting all the
|
---|
| 156 | commands in the body of the email. The email will look like:</para>
|
---|
| 157 |
|
---|
| 158 | <blockquote><literallayout>To: listar@linuxfromscratch.org
|
---|
| 159 | Subject:
|
---|
| 160 |
|
---|
| 161 | subscribe lfs-dev
|
---|
| 162 | subscribe blfs-support
|
---|
| 163 | subscribe alfs-discuss</literallayout></blockquote>
|
---|
| 164 |
|
---|
| 165 | <para>After the email is sent, the Listar program will reply with an
|
---|
| 166 | email requesting a confirmation of the subscription request. After
|
---|
| 167 | this confirmation email is sent back, Listar will send an
|
---|
| 168 | email again with the message that the user has been subscribed to the
|
---|
| 169 | list(s) along with an introduction message for that particular
|
---|
| 170 | list.</para>
|
---|
| 171 |
|
---|
| 172 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 173 |
|
---|
| 174 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 175 | <title>How to unsubscribe?</title>
|
---|
| 176 |
|
---|
| 177 | <para>To unsubscribe from a list, send an email
|
---|
[acfc391] | 178 | to <ulink url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org
|
---|
| 179 | </ulink> and write <emphasis>unsubscribe listname</emphasis> as the subject
|
---|
| 180 | header of the message.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 181 |
|
---|
| 182 | <para>Multiple lists can be unsubscribed at the same time
|
---|
| 183 | using one email. This is done by leaving the subject header blank and
|
---|
| 184 | putting all the commands in the body of the email. The email will look
|
---|
| 185 | like: </para>
|
---|
| 186 |
|
---|
| 187 | <blockquote><literallayout>To: listar@linuxfromscratch.org
|
---|
| 188 | Subject:
|
---|
| 189 |
|
---|
| 190 | unsubscribe lfs-dev
|
---|
| 191 | unsubscribe blfs-support
|
---|
| 192 | unsubscribe alfs-discuss</literallayout></blockquote>
|
---|
| 193 |
|
---|
| 194 | <para>After the email is sent, the Listar program will reply with an
|
---|
| 195 | email requesting a confirmation of the unsubscription
|
---|
| 196 | request. After this confirmation email is sent back, Listar will
|
---|
| 197 | send an email again with the message that the user has been unsubscribed
|
---|
| 198 | from the list(s).</para>
|
---|
| 199 |
|
---|
| 200 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 201 |
|
---|
| 202 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 203 | <title>Other list modes</title>
|
---|
| 204 |
|
---|
| 205 | <para>The modes that can be set by a user require sending an email to
|
---|
| 206 | <ulink
|
---|
| 207 | url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>.
|
---|
| 208 | The modes themselves are set by writing
|
---|
| 209 | the appropriate commands in the subject header of the message.</para>
|
---|
| 210 |
|
---|
| 211 | <para>As the name implies, the <emphasis>Set command</emphasis> tells
|
---|
| 212 | what
|
---|
| 213 | to write to set a mode. The <emphasis>Unset command</emphasis> tells
|
---|
| 214 | what to write to unset a mode.</para>
|
---|
| 215 |
|
---|
| 216 | <para>The listname in the example subject headers should be replaced
|
---|
| 217 | with the
|
---|
| 218 | listname to which
|
---|
| 219 | the mode is going to be applied to. If more than one mode is to be set
|
---|
| 220 | (to
|
---|
| 221 | the same list or multiple lists) with one email, this can be done by
|
---|
| 222 | leaving the subject header blank and writing all the commands in the
|
---|
| 223 | body of
|
---|
| 224 | the message instead.</para>
|
---|
| 225 |
|
---|
| 226 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 227 |
|
---|
| 228 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 229 | <title>Digests</title>
|
---|
| 230 |
|
---|
| 231 | <literallayout>
|
---|
| 232 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname digest</emphasis>
|
---|
| 233 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname digest</emphasis>
|
---|
| 234 | </literallayout>
|
---|
| 235 |
|
---|
| 236 | <para>All lists have the digest mode available which can be set after a
|
---|
| 237 | user
|
---|
| 238 | has subscribed to a list. Being in digest mode will
|
---|
| 239 | cause you to stop receiving individual messages as they are posted to
|
---|
| 240 | the list and instead receive one email a day containing all
|
---|
| 241 | the messages posted to the list during that day.</para>
|
---|
| 242 |
|
---|
| 243 | <para>There is a second digest mode called digest2. When a user is set
|
---|
| 244 | to this
|
---|
| 245 | mode he will receive the daily digests but will also continue to
|
---|
| 246 | receive the individual messages to the lists as they are posted. To
|
---|
| 247 | set this mode, substitute <emphasis>digest</emphasis> for
|
---|
| 248 | <emphasis>digest2</emphasis> in the command.</para>
|
---|
| 249 |
|
---|
| 250 | </sect2>
|
---|
| 251 |
|
---|
| 252 | <sect2>
|
---|
| 253 | <title>Vacation</title>
|
---|
| 254 |
|
---|
| 255 | <literallayout>
|
---|
| 256 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname vacation</emphasis>
|
---|
| 257 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname vacation</emphasis>
|
---|
| 258 | </literallayout>
|
---|
| 259 |
|
---|
| 260 | <para>If a user is going to be away for a while or wishes to stop
|
---|
| 261 | receiving
|
---|
| 262 | messages from the lists but doesn't want to unsubscribe, he can change
|
---|
| 263 | to vacation mode. This has the same effect as unsubscribing,
|
---|
| 264 | but without having to go through the unsubscribe process and
|
---|
| 265 | then later through the subscribe process again.</para>
|
---|
| 266 |
|
---|
[7891efc] | 267 | </sect2> -->
|
---|
| 268 |
|
---|
| 269 | <para>For more information regarding which lists are available, how to
|
---|
| 270 | subscribe to them, archive locations, etc. visit <ulink
|
---|
[20e41fe1] | 271 | url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mail.html"/>.</para>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 272 |
|
---|
| 273 | </sect1>
|
---|