[Mgb-v8] List changes

[Paul Root]

Thanks Mark!

Majordomo was good in it's day, but Mailman is definately better. I  
changed
over a year or so ago.

Keep up the great work!

Paul.


On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Mark J. Bradakis wrote:

> In case you are wondering about that odd email welcoming you to a list
> you already receive, I've switched mgb-v8 at autox.team.net from
> majordomo to mailman list management software.   Some things will be
> different, some will be the same.  As before, if you want to send mail
> to mgb-v8 at autox.team.net you send mail to mgb-v8 at autox.team.net
> - you'd be surprised at how many folks can NOT figure that one out!
>
>
> With Mailman, managing your subscription should be more web friendly.
> You can go to the web pages listed in the messages and muck about with
> your settings for this list.
>
>
> One handy option is the 'nomail' feature.  If you are going to be away
> from your email for a while, you can set your membership to nomail,  
> and
> then back to regular delivery upon your return.  A bit easier than  
> having
> to unsubscribe and then subscribe again.
>
>
> A useful way to make use of the nomail feature is to enable  
> submissions
> from multiple addresses.  For example, one might want to subscribe
> a-student at diploma.mill.edu as your main address.  But sometimes you
> send mail from work, so you can subscribe busybee at monolith.com
> and set the second address to nomail.  So messages you send from
> either address will pass the membership test, but you won't get  
> multiple
> copies of each list message.
>
> RealSoonNow I'll have a web page that covers some more of the various
> differences and features.
>
> mjb.