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Title: Mailing lists and IRC
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# Mailing lists and IRC

## Mailing list etiquette

Please consider the following before posting Emails to the lists:

* No posts with html.
* No cross posting.
* Change the subject when appropriate (meaning when the conversation topic has  shifted to something other than the old subject line).
* Start threads with tags for tracking different kinds of subjects. So far we have the following for the dev list:
    * [ApacheDS] 
    * [Studio]
    * [Site]
    * [Fortress]
    * [Kerby]
    * [SCIMple]
    * [Community]
    * [Release]
    * [VOTE]
    * [OT]

An article by Eric Steven Raymond very worth reading is found here: [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way](http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html).


## Project mailing lists

These are the mailing lists that have been established for this project. We haven't a distinguished mailing list for each of the sub-projects : if you have questions about Escimo, Mavibot or ApacheDS, for instance, you have to use the Directory Users or Developpers mailing list.

### Subscribing

Subscribing to one of the existing mailing lists is only a matter of sending an empty mail (no subject, no content) to **(mailing list name)**-subscribe@directory.apache.org. You can find the list of mailing list names in the table below. For instance, to subscribe to the **dev** mailing list, send a mail to **dev-subscribe@directory.apache.org**.

### Unsubscribing

Unsubscribing from one of the existing mailing lists is only a matter of sending an empty mail (no subject, no content) to **(mailing list name)**-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org. You can find the list of mailing list names in the table below. For instance, to unsubscribe from the **dev** mailing list, send a mail to **dev-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org**.

### Existing Mailing lists

For each list, there is a subscribe, unsubscribe, and an archive link:

| Name | Description | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Post | Archive |
|---|---|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| **dev** | The Directory Developers List | [Subscribe](mailto:dev-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:dev-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:dev@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-dev) |
| **users** |  The Directory Users List| [Subscribe](mailto:users-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:users-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:users@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-users)  |
| **commits** |  The Directory Commits List | [Subscribe](mailto:commits-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:commits-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | — | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-commits) |
| **api** |  The LDAP API List | [Subscribe](mailto:api-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:api-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:api@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-api) |
| **fortress** |  The Fortress List | [Subscribe](mailto:fortress-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:fortress-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:fortress@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-fortress) |
| **kerby** |  The Kerby List | [Subscribe](mailto:kerby-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:kerby-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:kerby@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-kerby) |
| **scimple** |  The SCIMple List | [Subscribe](mailto:scimple-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Unsubscribe](mailto:scimple-unsubscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:scimple@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-scimple) |

## IRC channels

* Users IRC channel: [#apache-directory @ irc://irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory) 
* Developers IRC channel: [#apache-directory-dev @ irc://irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory-dev) 
* Fortress IRC channel: [#apache-fortress @ irc://irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-fortress)