On 19 October 2010 13:37, Charles Marcus <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2010-10-19 3:52 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > When will it be possible to send messages to the TDF mail lists via > > Gmane *without* having to be subscribed to the mail lists > > themselves? Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both > > it *and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the purpose of the > > Gmane interface. > > Was it you that complained about this before? > > All you have to do is subscribe to the NOMAIL version of the list, this > way you are a member and can post, but do not get emails from the list - > so it does NOT defeat the purpose. > > But... yes, absolutely, this should be documented... > > Here's the reply I got after sending a help request (which *is* > documented at least): > > "Hello, > > The following options are available: > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from the digest of this list send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from the "nomail" version this list send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > To subscribe to the digest of this list send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > To subscribe to the "nomail" version of this list send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > The nomail version of a list means that you are reccognized as a > subscriber, but will not get any messages to the list. This is useful > when it's > necessary to post from several emailaddresses to a subscribers only list. > > For retrieval of message number N in the archive send a message to > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > To contact the list owner, send a message to: > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > " > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles > > > Thank you. I've never heard of a "nomail" option. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please do *not* reply to my personal e-mail address -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
