On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 09:56:48PM +0000, Steve Kennedy wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 02:54:51PM -0700, Franklin R. Jones wrote:
>
> > while on the subject of mailing addresses and such. It would
> > also be useful to change the subscription information in the
> > FAQ/manual. Every copy I found including those touted as "current"
> > state:
> > "To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, send a message
> > with the word subscribe in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > the list is run by majordomo and it *ignores* the subject line, and
> > requires the subscribe command to be in the body.
>
> Err, that's how it works ...
>
> you can also use mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
> subscribe mutt-list (where list is the one you want)
> in the body ...
Not. When I attempted to follow those directions I got the following.
I sent the e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] once I realized it
was a 'domo server I turned around and sent a standard subscribe
request. So, if that is the intent (subject subscription) it's
currently broken.
fj..
==>Date: 12 Feb 1999 16:26:42 -0000
==>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==>Subject: Majordomo results: subscribe
==>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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