Mailing Lists

Public Mailing Lists

iai-tech.org offers several mailing lists to it's users. Most of these lists are open for everyone to join by wisiting the subscription page for each of the lists.

• News
• Info
• Review

News

The news list is used to notify about major news related to MSGs work. Examples can be new releases of the IFC specification (including beta release, release candidates as well as final releases) or other major events. To subscribe (or unsubscribe) to (from) this list either visit the News Info Page or send en empty e-mail to news-join at iai-tech.org. Note that this list is open for everyone to join, but new messages can only by posted by dedicated moderators. If you want a message posted on this list (and the subject is related to core MSG activities and relevant for a larger community), get in touch with the list admin before posting any messages to the list.

Info

Everyone wanting more frequent information from MSG should sign up to this mailing list. It will be used to share events more often than the news mailing list. To subscribe to the info list please visit the Info Info Page or send an empty e-mail to info-join at iai-tech.org.

Review

The review list is for everyone wanting to be part of the review process for new IFC releases. This gives you the possibility to get information about related to new or upcoming releases as well as allowing users to discuss during a review process. To join this list visit the Review Info Page or send review-join at iai-tech.org.

Mailing list commands

This section will describe the most common commands used to interact with the mailing lists. Not all lists are open for everyone to post messages (like the news list) so not all commands listed here will be available for all lists.

Every mailing list has a set of email addresses to which messages can be sent. There's always one address for posting messages to the list, one address to which bounces are sent, and addresses for processing email commands. For a fictional mailing list called somelist@iai-tech.org, you'd find these addresses:

• mylist@example.com - this is the email address people should use for new postings to the list.
• mylist-join@example.com - by sending a message to this address, a new member can request subscription to the list. Both the Subject: header and body of such a message are ignored. Note that mylist-subscribe@example.com is an alias for the -join address.
• mylist-leave@example.com - by sending a message to this address, a member can request unsubscription from the list. As with the -join address, the Subject: header and body of the message is ignored. Note that mylist-unsubscribe@example.com is an alias for the -leave address.
• mylist-owner@example.com - This address reaches the list owner and list moderators directly. This is the address you use if you need to contact the person or people in charge.
• mylist-confirm@example.com - This address is another email robot, which processes confirmation messages for subscription and unsubscription requests.
• mylist-request@example.com - This address reaches a mail robot which processes email commands that can be used to set member subscription options, as well as process other commands. A list of members' email commands is provided in the e-mail commands quick reference below.

Commands can appear in the subject line or the body of the message. Each command should be on a separate line. If your mail program automatically appends a signature to your messages, you may want to put the word "end" (without the quotes) on a separate line after your other commands. The end command tells Mailman not to process the email after that point.

The most important command is probably the "help" command, since it makes Mailman return a message full of useful information about the email commands and directions to the web interface.

Email commands quick reference

• confirm CONFIRMATION-STRING - Confirm an action. The confirmation-string is required and should be supplied within a mailback confirmation notice.
• end - Stop processing commands. Use this if your mail program automatically adds a signature file.
• help - Receive a copy of the help message.
• info - Get information about this mailing list.
• lists - See a list of the public mailing lists on this GNU Mailman server.
• password [OLDPASSWORD NEWPASSWORD] [address=ADDRESS] - Retrieve or change your password. With no arguments, this returns your current password. With arguments OLDPASSWORD and NEWPASSWORD you can change your password.
• set ... - Set or view your membership options (
• Use `set help' (without the quotes) to get a more detailed list of the options you can change).
• Use `set show' (without the quotes) to view your current option settings.
• subscribe [PASSWORD] [digest|nodigest] [address=ADDRESS] - Subscribe to this mailing list. Your password must be given to unsubscribe or change your options, but if you omit the password, one will be generated for you. You may be periodically reminded of your password. The next argument may be either: `nodigest' or `digest' (no quotes!). If you wish to subscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=ADDRESS' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
• unsubscribe [PASSWORD] [address=ADDRESS] - Unsubscribe from the mailing list. If given, your password must match your current password. If omitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the unsubscribing address. If you wish to unsubscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=ADDRESS' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
• who [PASSWORD] [address=ADDRESS] - See everyone who is on this mailing list. The roster is limited to list members only, and you must supply your membership password to retrieve it. If you're posting from an address other than your membership address, specify your membership address with `address=ADDRESS' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)