How do I join the "foo" mailing list?
John Reekie, 4 Aug 1999

There are two kinds of mailing list on this server: private ones and public ones.

Private lists are always associated with a group, and you join the list by becoming a member of that group. For example, if you were a member of the foo group, you would automatically be on the mailing list foo@gigascale.eecs.berkeley.edu. You can't be a group member and not on the mailing list, or be on the group's private mailing list and not in the group.

Public lists are usually associated with a group, and have names like foo-interest and foo-announce. To join these lists, go to the home page for that group, and select the "Mailing lists" link from the left-hand margin. Then choose the link to the mailing list that you want to join. If you are logged into this site, then subscribing to one of these lists requires only that you press the appropriate "Subscribe" button.