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diff --git a/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html b/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html index f062f674..c9076cfb 100644 --- a/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html +++ b/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html @@ -13,48 +13,100 @@ <h1><em>Lynx-Dev Discussion List</em></h1> -Lynx-dev is a majordomo mailing list used by developers and interested -users as a forum to discuss the further development of the Lynx World -Wide Web browser. Topic issues include fixing known bugs, porting Lynx -to various systems, and increasing the usability of Lynx. +Lynx-dev is a majordomo mailing list used by developers and +interested users as a forum to discuss the further development of +the Lynx World Wide Web browser. Topic issues include fixing +known bugs, porting Lynx to various systems, and increasing the +usability of Lynx. + +<h2><em>Open access</em></h2> +<P> +Anyone may read what has been said on Lynx-dev by visiting the +<a href="http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/"> archives</a>. + +<P> + +Anyone may ask a question or offer a comment on Lynx-dev by +sending mail to lynx-dev@sig.net, the posting address for this +list. Because of the public archive, requests for a personal +reply may not be honored, and you should check the archive to +find all follow-up responses. Messages from non-subscribers are +not immediately distributed to the list to avoid distributing +spam. Usually, if your message is on topic, it will be retrieved +from the pile of spam headed for the wastebasket within a day or +so and distributed to the list. So, for best results subscribe +as described below. <h2><em>Subscribing to Lynx-Dev</em></h2> -If you are interested in <em>joining</em> this mailing list, -send email to <a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net" ->majordomo@sig.net</a> with only the following request -in the body of your message: <em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br> -where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained, -correctly, from the mail headers of your subscription request. +If you are interested in <em>joining</em> this mailing list, send +email to <a +href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"> majordomo@sig.net</a> with +only the following request in the body of your message: +<em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br> where inclusion of your +email address is optional if it can be obtained, correctly, from +the mail headers of your subscription request. You will be asked +to answer one follow-up question to confirm that you want the +subscription, and Majordomo will enroll you as a subscriber. +<P> +Majordomo will thereafter +send all messages which you address to the posting address to all +subscribers of the list, and you will receive all messages set to +that address by other subscribers. + <p><em>NOTE:</em> Subject headers are ignored by the majordomo. <h2><em>Unsubscribing from Lynx-Dev</em></h2> To <em>unsubscribe</em>, send an email message to -<a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net" ->majordomo@sig.net</a> with only the following request +<a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"> majordomo@sig.net</a> +with only the following request in the body: <em>UNSUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br> where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained, correctly, from the mail headers of your request. +<h2><em>Subscribing to Lynx-Dev-Contrib</em></h2> +<p> +If you subscribe an email address to lynx-dev-contrib, mail from +that address posted to lynx-dev will be recognized as from a +subscriber and automatically distributed to the list. +To make such a subscription, send +email to <a +href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"> majordomo@sig.net</a> with +only the following request in the body of your message: +<em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV-CONTRIB address</em>. +<p> +If you prefer to read the lynx-dev discussion using Lynx and +the archive, and not receive all the posts as email, subscribe +to lynx-dev-contrib and not to lynx-dev. If you have multiple +accounts from which you would like to post to lynx-dev, subscribe +one of them to lynx-dev (where you will receive the list mail) and +the others to lynx-dev-contrib. + <h2><em>Majordomo Commands</em></h2> -To receive a brief description of majordomo <em>commands</em>, place -the following request in a message to <a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net" ->majordomo@sig.net</a>: <em>HELP</em> +To receive a brief description of majordomo <em>commands</em>, +place the following request in a message to <a +href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"> majordomo@sig.net</a>: +<em>HELP</em> + +<p> +Read the HELP that you receive by return mail to learn the +details of the <em>which</em> command you can use to check on +your subscriptions, etc. Further information is available from the +<a href="http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/"> majordomo website</a>. <h2><em>Contacting Lynx-Dev</em></h2> If you have questions, problems, or comments about using Lynx or -installing it on your system, send email to -<a href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net" ->lynx-dev@sig.net</a> (<em>after you've subscribed</em>). +installing it on your system, send email to +<a href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> lynx-dev@sig.net</a>. <p>If you have problems with majordomo not responding to your requests, -send email to the <em>list owner</em>: <a -href="mailto:majordomo-owner@sig.net" ->majordomo-owner@sig.net</a>. Please, +send email to the <em>list owner</em>: +<a href="mailto:majordomo-owner@sig.net"> majordomo-owner@sig.net</a>. +Please, <em>DO NOT</em> send them to <em>lynx-dev@sig.net</em> as they will be distributed to everyone on the list and will clutter up their mailboxes. |