<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.35 i686) [Netscape]"> <meta name="keywords" content="VNC, AT&T Laboratories Cambridge, Virtual Network Computing, thin-client"> <title>What is a mailing list?</title> <link REL="stylesheet" HREF="styles.css" TYPE="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" vlink="#000080" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0"> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="125" BGCOLOR="#EECC80"> <center><a href="index.html"><img SRC="sidelogo.gif" ALT="VNC logo" BORDER=0 height=113 width=120></a></center> </td> <td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><img SRC="spacer.gif" HSPACE=8 height=1 width=1></td> <td> <table BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" > <tr> <td WIDTH="90%" valign="center"> <center> <h1> <IMG SRC="vnctitle.gif" WIDTH=370 HEIGHT=30 ALT="Virtual Network Computing"></h1></center> </td> <td WIDTH="10%"><a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/"><img SRC="attlogo.gif" ALT="AT&T" BORDER=0 height=75 width=66 align=RIGHT></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td WIDTH="5%"></td> </tr> </table> <!-- Ruler here? --> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="125" BGCOLOR="#EECC80"> <center><table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%" > <tr> <td><a href="index.html"><img SRC="homebutton.gif" ALT="[Home]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="screenshots.html"><img SRC="screenbutton.gif" ALT="[screenshots]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="start.html"><img SRC="startbutton.gif" ALT="[getting started]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="docs.html"><img SRC="docbutton.gif" ALT="[documentation]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="faq.html"><img SRC="faqbutton.gif" ALT="FAQs" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="download.html"><img SRC="downloadbutton.gif" ALT="[download]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="intouch.html"><img SRC="intouchbutton.gif" ALT="[keep in touch]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="contribs.html"><img SRC="contribbutton.gif" ALT="Others' ports and add-ons etc" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="help.html"><img SRC="helpbutton.gif" ALT="Project ideas" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="vncpeople.html"><img SRC="vncpeoplebutton.gif" ALT="VNC people" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/search.html"><img SRC="searchbutton.gif" ALT="Search" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/"><img SRC="attbutton.gif" ALT="[AT&T Laboratories Cambridge]" BORDER=0 height=33 width=120></a></td> </tr> </table></center> </td> <td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="8%"></td> <td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="100%"> <h2> <b>What is a mailing list and how does it work?</b></h2> A mailing list is a list of email addresses of people who want to correspond about a particular subject. If you send any message to the list, it gets sent to everybody on the list, and if you reply to any message, that goes to the whole list as well (unless you deliberately change the reply address). The VNC list is controlled by a software package called 'Majordomo' running at AT&T Laboratories Cambridge, and you can send various commands to <a href="mailto:majordomo@uk.research.att.com">majordomo@uk.research.att.com</a> to add yourself to, or remove yourself from, the list. So the mailing list is a bit like a news server, but the messages get sent to you rather than you having to go and get them. Until, of course, you say you're no longer interested. <p>At the time of writing, about 1500 people are subscribed to the VNC mailing list. They have joined up because they want to keep in touch with VNC developments. So it's a good place to ask questions like 'Has anybody got it working on this platform?' or to say 'I've found a really cool way of using VNC', but it's not a good place to ask about general problems with your PC networking! You should find a local expert or some other forum to ask about that. <br> <br> <div align=right><i>Back to the '<a href="intouch.html">Keeping in touch</a>' page...</i></div> </td> <td></td> <td WIDTH="5%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eecc80"> </td><td ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN="4" WIDTH="100%"> <!-- Ruler here? --> <center> <p><i><font size=-1>For comments, feedback, etc, please see the '<a href="intouch.html">Keeping in touch</a>' page</font>.</i> <br><i><font size=-1>Copyright 1999 - AT&T Laboratories Cambridge</font></i></center> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>
