Autox-lists

From: Mark J Bradakis
To: admin@triumph.cs.utah.edu
Subject: Mailer update

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.

Recent addition: List statistics for those below

List to which you want to send mail        Address to use


  alpines                                  alpines@autox.team.net
  alpines-digest                           alpines@autox.team.net

  autox                                    autox@autox.team.net
  ax-digest                                autox@autox.team.net

  british-cars                             british-cars@autox.team.net
  british-cars-digest                      british-cars@autox.team.net

  british-cars-pre-war                     british-cars-pre-war@autox.team.net

  datsun-roadsters                         datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net

  healeys                                  healeys@autox.team.net

  mgs                                      mgs@autox.team.net
  mgs-digest                               mgs@autox.team.net
  mini-baja                                mini-baja@autox.team.net

  mini-list                                mini-list@autox.team.net
  mini-list-digest                         mini-list@autox.team.net

  morgans                                  morgans@autox.team.net

  morris                                   morris@autox.team.net

  newsletters                              newsletters@autox.team.net

  riley                                    riley@autox.team.net

  shop-talk                                shop-talk@autox.team.net

  tigers                                   tigers@autox.team.net
  tigers-digest                            tigers@autox.team.net

  triumphs                                 triumphs@autox.team.net
  triumphs-digest                          triumphs@autox.team.net

  vintage-race                             vintage-race@autox.team.net

  vtr                                      vtr@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@autox.team.net with nothing but

    	unsubscribe

as the body of the message. For example, if you want to get off the autocross list, you send mail to majordomo@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@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@other.host.nowhere
	british-cars-digest     another_bozo@diploma.mill.edu

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

    	unsubscribe ax-digest bozo@other.host.nowhere

Stolen from the Mini Mailing List, long time ago