Look for the section marked ``Subscribing to LISTNAME'' and fill in the
+ boxes. You can fill in the following:
+
+
+
You must enter your email address.
+
+
You may choose to supply your real name.
+
+
You may choose a password. If you do not choose one, Mailman will
+ generate one for you.
+
+
+Warning:
+Do NOT use a valuable password, since this
+ password may occasionally be mailed to you in plain text.
+
+
If the list supports more than one language, you may be able to
+ choose your preferred language. Note:
+This setting does not affect
+ posts to the list, only Mailman texts that come from the list software,
+ such as your member
+ options page.
+
+
+
+
+
Press the subscribe button. A new page should appear telling you
+ that your subscription request has been received. This page will provide
+ you with further instructions, such as the need to wait for and reply to a
+ confirmation messages, depending on the list's subscription policies.
+
+
+
+
+Using the email interface:
+
+
+
Open a mail program which sends mail from the address you want to
+ subscribe.
+
+
Send a mail to the list subscription address, which will be in the
+ form LISTNAME-join@DOMAIN. The subject and body
+ of the message will be ignored, so it doesn't matter what you put there.
+
+
+
+
+After following one of these sets of instructions (you don't need to do
+both!), there are a few possible outcomes depending upon the settings for
+that list.
+
+
+
You may receive an email message asking for confirmation that you
+really want to be subscribed to the list. This is to prevent anyone from
+subscribing you to lists without your permission. Follow the instructions
+given in the message to confirm your wish to be subscribed.
+
+
A moderator may also need
+to confirm your subscription if you are subscribing to a closed list.
+
+
Or
+you may have to wait for a moderator and follow the instructions in
+the confirmation mail.
+
+
+
+
+Once this is done, you will likely receive another message welcoming you to
+the list. This message contains some useful information including your list
+password and some quick links for changing your options, so you may want to
+save it for later reference.
+
+
+Note:
+Subscribing can be done in other ways as well. See
+Appendix A for more advanced email subscribing commands.
+
+
