From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 29 13:47:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77DEC37B401 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:47:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C383243E4A for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:47:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904E016000958; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:47:15 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: freebsd-test address From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: nkinkade@dsl-only.net Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20021229213849.GB16545@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> References: <1041196875.68500.186.camel@localhost> <20021229213849.GB16545@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041198439.68500.202.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 29 Dec 2002 21:47:19 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 21:38, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:21:16PM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > Quick question on the freebsd-test list that folks are supposed to > > use instead of bothering list like this one. > > > > How is it supposed to work, then? > > > > I'm subscribed to freebsd-questions (amongst others), but I've never > > actually tried to use the test address until now. > > > > I sent a couple of test messages to freebsd-test@freebsd.org from my two > > subscribed e-mail accounts, but what now? > > > > Thanks for the time. > > > > Regards, > > > > Stacey > > -- > > Stacey Roberts > > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > Stacey, > > Subscribe to the freebsd-test in the same way that you would to any of > the other freebsd lists. You should then receive mail to freebsd-test in > the same manner as you do freebsd-questions. This may not have been > what you are looking for - it sounds too simple. Hi Nathan, Yeah, this is just what I wanted actually. I've convinced a friend of mine to give FreeBSD a try (after years of toil on $olaris). Before trying to subscribe, though I wanted to advise him to try testing his mail setup with the test mail address, but figured I'd check it out myself first before. Thanks for taking the time. Regards, Stacey > > Nathan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message