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5.1 How do I join a list? (subscribe)
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There are two common ways you can subscribe to a Mailman mailing list.
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Using the web interface:
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<LI>Go to the list information page for the list you want to join.
(This will probably be something like
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form <span class="email">LISTNAME-join@DOMAIN</span>. The subject and body
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Subscribing can be done in other ways as well. See
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