This article is from the Gaffa - Love-Hounds - Kate Bush FAQ, by Ulrich Grepel uli@zoodle.robin.de with numerous contributions by others.
Generally, mailing lists have a 'subscribe' and a 'post' address. Use
the first address to subscribe, the second to send messages to all people
on the list. Some mailing lists are automated, they require a specific
format for the subscription, in most cases either a 'body' or a 'subject'
line. Body lines are single lines in the main part of the email message,
while subject lines are, well, subject lines. The subscription address
is also used for UNsubscribing, those messages shouldn't go to the
post:-addresses. 'Body:' means that the following text has to be send
as a body line, 'Subject:' means it's the subject line. 'Your Name' means
your real name, not your email address, 'your@address' means your email
address. Sometimes several lines for several services are given.
Sometimes alternate (often shorter) addresses are available too.
If a list is maintained manually it's noted as 'Manually'. You should
be more friendly then, and expect some reaction time (like nights,
weekends, holidays) where noone is available.
Roy Harper - Stormcock (Stormcock is the name of his "classic" album)
subscribe: majordomo@bilpin.co.uk
Body: subscribe stormcock
contact: stormcock-request@bilpin.co.uk
post: stormcock@bilpin.co.uk
Peter Gabriel - gabriel
subscribe: majordomo@ufsia.ac.be
Body: subscribe gabriel
Body: subscribe gabriel-digest
post: gabriel@ufsia.ac.be
..
Bjork/Sugarcubes - blue-eyed-pop
subscribe: listserver@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Body: subscribe blue-eyed-pop Your Name
post: blue-eyed-pop@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Sarah McLachlan - fumbling-towards-ecstasy
subscribe: listserv@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Body: SUB fumbling-towards-ecstasy Your Name
post: fumbling-towards-ecstasy@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
fte@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Loreena McKennitt - Old Ways
subscribe: old-ways-request@lists.mindspring.com
Body: subscribe
post: old-ways@lists.mindspring.com
Jane Siberry - Siblings
subscribe: siblings-request@smoe.org
Body: subscribe siblings
post: siblings@smoe.org
Bel Canto - dewy-fields
subscribe: dewy-fields-request@ifi.uio.no
Manually
post: dewy-fields@ifi.uio.no
k.d. Lang
subscribe: majordomo@world.std.com
Body: subscribe k-d-lang your@address
Milla - Reaching From Nowhere
subscribe: majordomo@world.std.com
Body: subscribe reaching-from-nowhere
post: reaching-from-nowhere@world.std.com
Suzanne Vega - Undertow
subscribe: Majordomo@majordomo.law.emory.edu
Body: subscribe undertow
Body: subscribe undertow another-user@another-address
Body: subscribe undertow-digest
post: undertow@law.emory.edu
Bobo In White Wooden Houses - White House
[this mailing list is basically a German language list,
though English discussions are also welcome]
subscribe: white-house-request@wupper.de
Subject: subscribe
post: white-house@wupper.de
Mylene Farmer - Libertine
subscribe: listserv@cc.mcgill.ca
Body: subscribe libertine Your Name
post: libertine@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca
Zap Mama
subscribe: dave@tyrell.net
Subject: SUBSCRIBE ZAPMAMA
Indigo Girls
subscribe: indigo-girls-request@indigo.mese.com
indigo-girls-digest-request@indigo.mese.com
post: indigo-girls@indigo.mese.com
Julia Fordham
subscribe: maillist@banana.demon.co.uk
Subject: SIGNON ff
post: ff@banana.demon.co.uk
Cyndi Lauper - Shebop
subscribe: shebop-request@law.emory.edu
Body: subscribe shebop
post: shebop@law.emory.edu
Heather Nova
subscribe: heather-nova-request@cs.vu.nl
(manually)
post: heather-nova@cs.vu.nl
[are there other mailing lists that should appear here?]
 
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