At long last si-list has been automated!!
As users this will effect you in 2 main ways:
1. There should be much less "static" on the list as
a result of misdirected subscribe and unsubscribe
message. (most of these will be filtered out)
2. unsubscribe and subscribe procedures are now automatic
A message sent to the daemon will produce instant results.
Certain features such as displaying the entire membership list with
the 'who' command have been disabled to protect members from unwanted
mailings.
I have included a much edited version of the help message produced by
the majordomo server. To receive the full version send a message
to [email protected] with the following in the body of
the message: help
The address to send traffic to the list is still the same:
I'm sure some bugs will creep into our transition to an automated system,
but at the moment it looks like it is working well.
Regards,
Ray Anderson
Sun Microsystems
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