Gentoo Linux Mailing Lists Daniel Robbins 1.0 05 Nov 2002 Gentoo Linux Mailing List Overview

The Gentoo Linux free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering a variety of Gentoo Linux-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by a customized version of ezmlm/idx that provides List-Id: mail headers and [listname] subject prefixes to comply with modern mailing list manager standards and conventions.

One interacts with ezmlm/idx via email. To subscribe to a list, send an empty email to:

listname-subscribe@gentoo.org

Once subscribed to the list, you can post to it by sending an email to:

listname@gentoo.org

To unsubscribe from a list, send an empty email to:

listname-unsubscribe@gentoo.org

All of our lists also have a corresponding digest list. Digest lists will mail a single email to you every couple of days, rather than individual emails for each post. Send an empty email to the following addresses to subscribe and unsubscribe from mailing lists respectively:

listname-digest-subscribe@gentoo.org
listname-digest-unsubscribe@gentoo.org

You can learn more about the capabilities of ezmlm/idx by reading the Ezmlm/idx User's Manual. You can also learn more about the Gentoo Linux mailing list system by reading the short Gentoo Linux mailing list FAQ that appears later in this document.

 Gentoo Linux Mailing Lists
Primary Gentoo Linux Mailing Lists gentoo-userGeneral Gentoo Linux user support and discussion mailing listgentoo-announceGeneral Gentoo Linux announcements list (new releases, security fixes)gentoo-devGeneral Gentoo developer discussion mailing listgentoo-securityFor the discussion of security issues and fixesgentoo-desktopMailing list devoted to Gentoo Linux on the desktopgentoo-adminMailing list devoted to Gentoo Linux administration issuesgentoo-docFor documentation contributions, suggestions, improvements and translationsgentoo-ppc-userFor Gentoo Linux/PowerPC user support and discussiongentoo-ppc-devFor Gentoo Linux/PowerPC developer discussiongentoo-sparcFor Gentoo Linux/Sparc user support and discussiongentoo-sparc-devFor Gentoo Linux/Sparc developer discussiongentoo-cvsSubscribe to this list if you would like to receive a daily CVS Portage ChangeLoggentoo-alphaFor Gentoo Linux/Alpha user support and discussiongentoo-gwnGentoo Weekly Newsletter
List name Description
Non-English Gentoo Linux Mailing Lists gentoo-user-dedeutschsprachige Gentoo User Diskussionslistegentoo-user-esLista para la ayuda y discusión de usuarios hispano-hablantes de Gentoogentoo-doc-esLista de correo dedicada a la traducción y creación de documentación en Español de Gentoogentoo-user-krKorean Gentoo User Mailinglist
List name Description
Other Gentoo Linux Mailing Lists libconfFor the discussion of libconf developmentbug-wranglersSpecial-purpose list for the Gentoo Linux Bug Wranglers
List name Description
Gentoo Linux Mailing List Mini-FAQ
I subscribed to a list using my home email address, but I can't post to the list from work. What do I do to fix this?

To reduce spam, all of our lists are configured to only allow posts from official subscriber email addresses. Fortunately, ezmlm/idx supports a concept known as "aliases," allowing you to register alternate email addresses that can also be used to post to the list. Here's an example of how this works. Let's say you subscribed to the gentoo-dev list as jim@home.com, but you'd also like to post to the list using your james@work.com email address. To do this, send a message (as jim@home.com) to gentoo-dev-allow-subscribe-james=work.com@gentoo.org (note the @ becoming an =,) and then reply to the confirmation email you receive. You should then be allowed to post to gentoo-dev using both your home and work email addresses.

Where do I set/store my mailing list password?

ezmlm/idx does not use passwords; instead, it uses auto-generated cryptographic cookies for security.

I want to switch from regular delivery to digest delivery. How do I do this?

Unsubscribe from the normal list and then subscribe to the digest list. For list listname, this would be done by sending empty emails to the following two addresses:

listname-unsubscribe@gentoo.org
listname-digest-subscribe@gentoo.org

How do I use procmail to filter Gentoo Linux mailing list messages?

To filter incoming mail arriving from list listname, use the following procmail recipe:

:0
* ^List-Id:.*listname\.gentoo\.org
Mail/listname

This identical to how you'd filter incoming Mailman mailing list manager emails.