I find it easier to use a newsreader (I use Pan, as it has worked very well for me) instead of your e-mail client for managing your mailing lists.
Install Pan using synaptic (in ubuntu). Add as news server: Pan - Edit - Edit News Servers - Add - "news.gmane.org" Add your e-mail address: Pan - Edit - Edit Posting Profiles - "your e-mail address" Then Search for "gmane.linux.ubuntu.user" (this is the ubuntu-users list) or "gmane.network.freenet.support" (this the freenet list) as group name (use search box top left in Pan) and then right click on the found group and choose "subscribe". Please note, that there is thousands of other mailing list groups out there. Practical setup items: Pan - Edit - Edit Preferences - Behaviour - Groups - mark "Get new headers in subscribed groups on start up". Pan - Groups - Get headers - Get all headers. This item makes it very important, that ALL subject lines in all posts to be very DESCRIPTIVE. Then it will be possible to search very distinct for answers. That is if you have all headers of a newsgroup downloaded in Pan, you can more easily find your answers. Search in subject lines is done in top right search box in Pan. When you post/follow up first time you will receive an e-mail asking you to reply to the mail (to verify that you are you), and when you have done that you are up to use the mailing list group using Pan. This should be done for each new newsgroup you subscribe to. Using Pan for your mailing lists also give you a much better overview of your mailing lists I think. Sorry that I repeat the usefullness of Pan, but it took me several years to find out how much more easy it is to use Pan for your mailing lists - a very important "weapon" for getting help in the linux world I find. You may use another newsreader at your choice :-) *** If anybody has problems with certain spam articles/authors and use Pan newsreader they can do: Select the article/s Then choose: Pan - Articles - Edit Articles watch/ignore/score - Add - If the group name is "gmane.linux.ubuntu.user - (or whatever the group name is) Author - Ignore the article - Forever - Add and rescore Then they get rid of the culprit/s *humor* At a later time they can go back and edit what they did if they so desire :-) See also this link: http://kb.iu.edu/data/afhc.html _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
