1 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-maillists" xreflabel="Mailing lists">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="maillists.html" dir="introduction"?>
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3 | <title>Mailing lists</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>The linuxfromscratch.org server is hosting a number of mailing
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6 | lists that are used for the development of the <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.
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7 | These lists include, among others, the main development and support
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8 | lists.</para>
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9 |
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10 | <!-- <itemizedlist>
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11 |
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12 | <listitem><para>blfs-support</para></listitem>
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13 |
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14 | <listitem><para>blfs-dev</para></listitem>
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15 |
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16 | <listitem><para>blfs-book</para></listitem>
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17 |
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18 | <listitem><para>lfs-chat</para></listitem>
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19 |
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20 | <listitem><para>lfs-support</para></listitem>
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21 |
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22 | <listitem><para>lfs-dev</para></listitem>
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23 |
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24 | <listitem><para>lfs-announce</para></listitem>
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25 |
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26 | <listitem><para>lfs-book</para></listitem>
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27 |
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28 | <listitem><para>lfs-security</para></listitem>
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29 |
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30 | <listitem><para>alfs-discuss</para></listitem>
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31 |
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32 | </itemizedlist>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2>
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35 | <title>blfs-support</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para>The blfs-support list is for the BLFS Book and beyond.</para>
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38 |
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39 | <para>It includes requests for help following the BLFS Book,
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40 | requests for help with packages not (yet) in
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41 | either the LFS Book or the BLFS Book,
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42 | and other requests and discussion concerning software
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43 | that might be installed on an LFS system.</para>
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44 |
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45 | <para>It does not include topics such as
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46 | the price of beer, what hardware to buy,
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47 | or GNU versus BSD or Microsoft versus Linux flame wars.
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48 | These belong on lfs-chat,
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49 | and since blfs-support is high traffic,
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50 | please follow this rule strictly.</para>
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51 |
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52 | </sect2>
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53 |
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54 | <sect2>
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55 | <title>blfs-dev</title>
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56 |
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57 | <para>The blfs-dev list is for discussion of BLFS Book development.</para>
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58 |
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59 | </sect2>
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60 |
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61 | <sect2>
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62 | <title>blfs-book</title>
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63 |
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64 | <para>The blfs-book list is used for coordinating
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65 | the BLFS Book's maintenance.
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66 | Traffic on it is mostly Bugzilla and CVS commit messages.
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67 | It is important that all development discussion
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68 | of interest to the Book's users take place on blfs-dev, not here.</para>
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69 |
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70 | </sect2>
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71 |
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72 | <sect2>
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73 | <title>lfs-chat</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para>The lfs-chat list is the place for community chatter.
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76 | It's a place where anything goes, nothing is off-topic.
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77 | You can discuss the price of beer or what hardware to buy.
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78 | Even GNU versus BSD and Microsoft versus Linux flame wars
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79 | are okay in lfs-chat.</para>
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80 |
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81 | </sect2>
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82 |
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83 | <sect2>
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84 | <title>lfs-support</title>
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85 |
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86 | <para>The lfs-support list is the place to get help
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87 | following the instructions in the LFS Book itself.</para>
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88 |
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89 | <para>If you're finished with the LFS Book, use blfs-support instead.</para>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2>
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94 | <title>lfs-dev</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>The lfs-dev list is for discussion of LFS Book development.</para>
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97 |
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98 | </sect2>
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99 |
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100 | <sect2>
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101 | <title>lfs-announce</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para>The lfs-announce list is a moderated list for those who want
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104 | notification of new stable releases
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105 | without the higher traffic of lfs-dev.</para>
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106 |
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107 | </sect2>
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108 |
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109 | <sect2>
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110 | <title>lfs-book</title>
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111 |
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112 | <para>The lfs-book list is used for coordinating the LFS Book's maintenance.
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113 | Traffic on it is mostly Bugzilla and CVS commit messages.
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114 | It is important that all development discussion
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115 | of interest to the Book's users take place on lfs-dev, not here.</para>
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116 |
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117 | </sect2>
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118 |
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119 | <sect2>
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120 | <title>lfs-security</title>
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121 |
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122 | <para>The lfs-security list discusses security issues.
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123 | Vulnerability alerts, configuration questions,
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124 | security related packages, and other things to do with secure systems
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125 | are appropriate on this list.</para>
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126 |
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127 | </sect2>
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128 |
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129 | <sect2>
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130 | <title>alfs-discuss</title>
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131 |
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132 | <para>The alfs-discuss list is for discussion of ALFS development.</para>
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133 |
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134 | </sect2>
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135 |
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136 | <sect2>
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137 | <title>Mail archives</title>
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138 |
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139 | <para>All these lists are archived and can be viewed online at
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140 | <ulink url="http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives"/> or downloaded
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141 | from <ulink url="&ftp-root;/mail-archives"/>.</para>
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142 |
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143 | </sect2>
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144 |
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145 | <sect2>
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146 | <title>How to subscribe?</title>
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147 |
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148 | <para>Any of the above-mentioned mailing lists can be subscribed to by
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149 | sending an email to <ulink
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150 | url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>
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151 | and writing <emphasis>subscribe listname</emphasis> as the subject
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152 | header of the message.</para>
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153 |
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154 | <para>Multiple lists at the same time can be subscribed to by using
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155 | one email. This is done by leaving the subject blank and putting all the
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156 | commands in the body of the email. The email will look like:</para>
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157 |
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158 | <blockquote><literallayout>To: listar@linuxfromscratch.org
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159 | Subject:
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160 |
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161 | subscribe lfs-dev
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162 | subscribe blfs-support
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163 | subscribe alfs-discuss</literallayout></blockquote>
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164 |
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165 | <para>After the email is sent, the Listar program will reply with an
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166 | email requesting a confirmation of the subscription request. After
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167 | this confirmation email is sent back, Listar will send an
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168 | email again with the message that the user has been subscribed to the
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169 | list(s) along with an introduction message for that particular
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170 | list.</para>
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171 |
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172 | </sect2>
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173 |
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174 | <sect2>
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175 | <title>How to unsubscribe?</title>
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176 |
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177 | <para>To unsubscribe from a list, send an email
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178 | to <ulink url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org
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179 | </ulink> and write <emphasis>unsubscribe listname</emphasis> as the subject
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180 | header of the message.</para>
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181 |
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182 | <para>Multiple lists can be unsubscribed at the same time
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183 | using one email. This is done by leaving the subject header blank and
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184 | putting all the commands in the body of the email. The email will look
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185 | like: </para>
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186 |
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187 | <blockquote><literallayout>To: listar@linuxfromscratch.org
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188 | Subject:
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189 |
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190 | unsubscribe lfs-dev
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191 | unsubscribe blfs-support
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192 | unsubscribe alfs-discuss</literallayout></blockquote>
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193 |
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194 | <para>After the email is sent, the Listar program will reply with an
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195 | email requesting a confirmation of the unsubscription
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196 | request. After this confirmation email is sent back, Listar will
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197 | send an email again with the message that the user has been unsubscribed
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198 | from the list(s).</para>
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199 |
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200 | </sect2>
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201 |
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202 | <sect2>
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203 | <title>Other list modes</title>
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204 |
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205 | <para>The modes that can be set by a user require sending an email to
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206 | <ulink
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207 | url="mailto:listar@linuxfromscratch.org">listar@linuxfromscratch.org</ulink>.
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208 | The modes themselves are set by writing
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209 | the appropriate commands in the subject header of the message.</para>
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210 |
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211 | <para>As the name implies, the <emphasis>Set command</emphasis> tells
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212 | what
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213 | to write to set a mode. The <emphasis>Unset command</emphasis> tells
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214 | what to write to unset a mode.</para>
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215 |
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216 | <para>The listname in the example subject headers should be replaced
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217 | with the
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218 | listname to which
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219 | the mode is going to be applied to. If more than one mode is to be set
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220 | (to
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221 | the same list or multiple lists) with one email, this can be done by
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222 | leaving the subject header blank and writing all the commands in the
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223 | body of
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224 | the message instead.</para>
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225 |
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226 | </sect2>
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227 |
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228 | <sect2>
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229 | <title>Digests</title>
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230 |
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231 | <literallayout>
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232 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname digest</emphasis>
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233 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname digest</emphasis>
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234 | </literallayout>
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235 |
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236 | <para>All lists have the digest mode available which can be set after a
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237 | user
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238 | has subscribed to a list. Being in digest mode will
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239 | cause you to stop receiving individual messages as they are posted to
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240 | the list and instead receive one email a day containing all
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241 | the messages posted to the list during that day.</para>
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242 |
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243 | <para>There is a second digest mode called digest2. When a user is set
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244 | to this
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245 | mode he will receive the daily digests but will also continue to
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246 | receive the individual messages to the lists as they are posted. To
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247 | set this mode, substitute <emphasis>digest</emphasis> for
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248 | <emphasis>digest2</emphasis> in the command.</para>
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249 |
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250 | </sect2>
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251 |
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252 | <sect2>
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253 | <title>Vacation</title>
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254 |
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255 | <literallayout>
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256 | Set command: <emphasis>set listname vacation</emphasis>
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257 | Unset command: <emphasis>unset listname vacation</emphasis>
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258 | </literallayout>
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259 |
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260 | <para>If a user is going to be away for a while or wishes to stop
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261 | receiving
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262 | messages from the lists but doesn't want to unsubscribe, he can change
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263 | to vacation mode. This has the same effect as unsubscribing,
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264 | but without having to go through the unsubscribe process and
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265 | then later through the subscribe process again.</para>
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266 |
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267 | </sect2> -->
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268 |
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269 | <para>For more information regarding which lists are available, how to
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270 | subscribe to them, archive locations, etc. visit <ulink
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271 | url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mailinglists"/>.</para>
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272 |
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273 | </sect1>
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274 |
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