Jukka Salmi --> vim (2008-12-20 19:03:07 +0100): > > Hello, > > for the last few days I've been trying to subscribe to this list, and > failed several times - something that I'm really not used to. I've seen > reports describing what seems to be the same problem from people in > 2007, but according to Bram these problems have been fixed... > > I'm able to reproduce the problems I'm talking about as follows: > > - I send a message to [email protected]. > - I receive a subscription confirmation request and reply to it. > - I receive a message, saying that my subscription request was received, > but that I were already subscribed to the list ("We know you are > excited about this group, but it looks like you are already subscribed > to it."). Of course I was _not_ subscribed to the list before. > > After this, messages from the vim list start to come in. However, after > successfully unsubscribing and re-subscribing using the same address > (this time I receive the regular welcome message, not the silly "We know > you are exited..." one), I don't get vim list messages anymore. > Re-unsubscribing and re-re-subscribing etc. using the same address > doesn't change this. Using a different address starts the whole process > from the beginning.
Maybe I was just not patient enough: after subscribing to this list a week ago and not receiving list messages since (as described above), I eventually started receiving messages today... To summarise what I found out using trial and error (i.e. what possibly is absolute nonsense): When trying to subscribe a new address to a vim mailing list by sending mail to the appropriate *[email protected] address you can either a) reply to the subscription confirmation message by email and ignore the "We know you are excited ..." message you'll receive afterwards, or b) use the HTTP URL given in the subscription confirmation message. However, if the address you use to subscribe has previously been subscribed and you choose a) to confirm your subscription, wait for a few days / weeks / months / lives before complaining about receiving no list messages ;-) Cheers, Jukka P.S.: Thanks to John Beckett for his help! -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
