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| 6 | <mainpage> |
6 | <mainpage> |
| 7 | <title>Gentoo Mailing Lists</title> |
7 | <title>Gentoo Mailing Lists</title> |
| 8 | |
8 | |
| 9 | <author title="Author"> |
9 | <author title="Author"> |
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| 25 | <abstract> |
25 | <abstract> |
| 26 | Gentoo public mailing lists |
26 | Gentoo public mailing lists |
| 27 | </abstract> |
27 | </abstract> |
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28 | |
| 29 | <license/> |
29 | <license/> |
| 30 | <version>3.95</version> |
30 | <version>3.96</version> |
| 31 | <date>2008-12-28</date> |
31 | <date>2010-01-05</date> |
| 32 | |
32 | |
| 33 | <chapter> |
33 | <chapter> |
| 34 | <title>Mailing Lists</title> |
34 | <title>Mailing Lists</title> |
| 35 | <section> |
35 | <section> |
| 36 | <body> |
36 | <body> |
| 37 | |
37 | |
| 38 | <p> |
38 | <p> |
| 39 | The Gentoo free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering |
39 | The Gentoo free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering |
| 40 | a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by |
40 | a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by <uri |
| 41 | <uri link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and |
41 | link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers |
| 42 | provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to |
42 | and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to comply with modern mailing list |
| 43 | comply with modern mailing list manager standards and conventions. |
43 | manager standards and conventions. |
| 44 | </p> |
44 | </p> |
| 45 | |
45 | |
| 46 | <p> |
46 | <p> |
| 47 | One interacts with <c>mlmmj</c> via email. To subscribe to a list, send an |
47 | One interacts with <c>mlmmj</c> via email. To subscribe to a list, send an |
| 48 | empty email to: |
48 | empty email to: |
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624 | |
| 625 | <p> |
625 | <p> |
| 626 | <b>Misc list policies.</b> |
626 | <b>Misc list policies.</b> |
| 627 | </p> |
627 | </p> |
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628 | |
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629 | <p> |
| 629 | <p>HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA, |
630 | HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA, specifically |
| 630 | specifically web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely). |
631 | web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely). Beware that some |
| 631 | Beware that some users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML |
632 | users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML entirely, so it |
| 632 | entirely, so it might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent |
633 | might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent HTML-only email. In |
| 633 | HTML-only email. In order of preference, you should endeavour to send: |
634 | order of preference, you should endeavour to send: text/plain, multipart with |
| 634 | text/plain, multipart with text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is |
635 | text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is acceptable and widely used. |
| 635 | acceptable and widely used.</p> |
636 | </p> |
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637 | |
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638 | <p> |
| 637 | <p>Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In |
639 | Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In the |
| 638 | the interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message |
640 | interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message that |
| 639 | that goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any |
641 | goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any |
| 640 | previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists |
642 | previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists will |
| 641 | will also be removed.</p> |
643 | also be removed. |
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644 | </p> |
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645 | |
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646 | <note> |
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647 | For general email list netiquette, <uri |
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648 | link="http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html">these guidelines</uri> are an |
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649 | excellent primer. |
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650 | </note> |
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651 | |
| 643 | </body> |
652 | </body> |
| 644 | </section> |
653 | </section> |
| 645 | |
654 | |
| 646 | </chapter> |
655 | </chapter> |
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