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| <title>Mailing lists</title> |
| <author email="site-dev@james.apache.org">James Project Web Team</author> |
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| <body> |
| |
| <section name="James Mailing lists"> |
| <p> |
| <i>Please read the <a href="#Guidelines">guidelines</a> below</i> before subscribing to our lists and join our |
| community.</p> |
| <subsection name="Server User List"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Low Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:server-user-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/server-user@james.apache.org/">Archive</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> This is the list where users of the Apache James |
| (Server) meet and discuss issues. Developers are also expected to be |
| subscribed to this list to offer support to users of Apache James |
| (Server). </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Server Developer List"> |
| <p> |
| <b>High Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:server-dev-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:server-dev-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/server-dev@james.apache.org/">Archive</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> This is the list where participating developers of |
| the the Apache James Project meet and discuss issues, code |
| changes/additions, etc. Subscribers to this list get notices of each and |
| every code change, build results, testing notices, etc. <b>Do not send |
| mail to this list with usage questions or configuration problems</b> -- |
| that's what server-user@james is for. </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Mime4j"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Medium Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:mime4j-dev-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:mime4j-dev-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/james-mime4j-dev">Archive</a> |
| </p> |
| <p>Discussions on the <a href='http://james.apache.org/mime4j'>Mime4j</a> |
| parser library.</p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Site Developer List"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Very Low Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:site-dev-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:site-dev-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/site-dev@james.apache.org/">Archive</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> This is the list where participating developers of |
| the the Apache James project discuss changes/additions to the James |
| websites etc. Subscribers to this list get notifications of every commit |
| of the website reaources<b>Do not send mail to this list with James |
| software problems</b> -- that's what server-user@james is for. </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="James General List"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Low Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:general-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:general-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| <!-- <a |
| href="http://www.mail-archive.com/general@james.apache.org/"> |
| Archive</a> --> |
| </p> |
| <p> This is the list for general discussions |
| relating to the running of the project, it is the public list of the |
| James project management committee (PMC) and is a public list open to |
| all. <b>Do not send mail to this list with James software problems</b> |
| -- that's what server-user@james is for. </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Mailet API List"> |
| <p> |
| <b>Very Low Traffic</b>  |
| <a href="mailto:mailet-api-subscribe@james.apache.org">Subscribe</a> |
| <a href="mailto:mailet-api-unsubscribe@james.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> This is the public list for the Mailet API subproject, discussing all <a href="http://james.apache.org/mailet/index.html">Mailet API</a> design and implementation related topics. Questions about using Mailets and their configuration should be addressed to the server-user list.</p> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="How to unsubscribe your old email address"> |
| <p> |
| First, find out the particular email adress to which ezmlm is sending. |
| The email headers are visible in Microsoft Outlook via the messages menu |
| "View | Options". |
| </p> |
| <pre> |
| Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0 |
| ... |
| List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org> |
| List-Help: <mailto:server-user-help@james.apache.org> |
| List-Post: <mailto:server-user@james.apache.org> |
| List-Id: "James Server Users List" <server-user.james.apache.org> |
| Reply-To: "James Server Users List" <server-user@james.apache.org> |
| Delivered-To: mailing list server-user@james.apache.org |
| ... |
| Return-Path: server-user-return-12345-<i>john=host.domain</i>@james.apache.org |
| ... |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The <i>Return-Path</i> header contains the email address which is subscribed. |
| </p> |
| <p>To stop subscription for the address john@host.domain , send an email to <pre>server-dev-unsubscribe-john=host.domain@james.apache.org</pre> |
| or to <pre>server-user-unsubscribe-john=host.domain@james.apache.org</pre>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Archives"> |
| <p> There are several sites on the net that archive and |
| provide searching for our mailing lists in HTML readable format. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Archives with many Jakarta lists: <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/#james">List |
| Index on mail-archives.apache.org</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="/mail/">Full mbox archives of all lists.</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/">Mail-Archive</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://geocrawler.com/">Geocrawler</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/">Mailing list Archives</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://www.servlets.com/archive/">Servlets.com |
| servlet and JSP list archives</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Guidelines"> |
| <p>A mailing list is an electronic discussion forum |
| that anyone can subscribe to. When someone sends an email message to the |
| mailing list, a copy of that message is broadcast to everyone who is |
| subscribed to that mailing list. Mailing lists provide a simple and |
| effective communication mechanism for discussion and decision making. |
| </p> |
| <p> The Apache Software Foundation has well established reasons for |
| using email and not other types of forum. <br/> We are |
| <strong>not</strong> interested in hearing proposals to use NNTP (news |
| groups) or web forums or any other medium.<br/> You may use a mail-news |
| gateway, gmail or anything else you like but email is, and will remain, |
| the official medium. </p> |
| <p> With potentially thousands of subscribers, |
| there is a common etiquette that you should observe. Please keep on |
| reading. </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Respect the mailing list type </strong> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> "User" lists are lists where you can send questions |
| and comments about configuration, setup, usage and other "user" types of |
| questions. </li> |
| <li> "Developer" lists are lists where you can send |
| questions, comments and contributions about the project's software |
| source code and general "development" types of questions. </li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
| <p>Some questions are appropriate for posting on both the |
| "user" and the "developer" lists. In this case, pick one and only one. |
| Do not cross post.</p> |
| <p>Asking a configuration question on the |
| developers list is frowned upon because developers' time is as precious |
| as yours. By contacting them directly instead of the users list you are |
| abusing resources. It is unlikely that you will get a quicker answer |
| this way, those developers who have time to devote to providing support |
| are also subscribed to the users list. If you contact individuals |
| directly, or post your user issues to the developer list you may get no |
| answer at all.</p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Join the lists that are appropriate for |
| your discussion. </strong> |
| <br/> Please make sure that you are joining |
| the list that is appropriate for the topic that you would like to |
| discuss. The general list is for discussions about the management and |
| direction of the James project, not for "general support". </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Ask smart questions. </strong> |
| <br/> |
| |
| Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the people involved in |
| it. You are welcome to join any of our mailing lists. You can choose to |
| lurk, or actively participate; it's up to you. The level of community |
| responsiveness to specific questions is generally directly proportional |
| to the amount of effort you spend formulating your question. Eric |
| Raymond and Rick Moen have even written an essay entitled <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">"<b>Asking |
| Smart Questions</b>"</a> precisely on this topic. Although somewhat |
| militant, it is definitely worth reading.<br/> |
| <b>Note</b>: Please do |
| NOT send your Java problems to the two authors. They welcome feedback on |
| the FAQ's contents, but are simply not a Java help resource. Follow the |
| essay's advice and <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#forum">choose |
| your forum</a> carefully. </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Keep your email short and to the point. </strong> |
| <br/> If your email is more than about a page of |
| text, chances are that it won't get read by very many people. It is much |
| better to try to pack a lot of informative information (see above about |
| asking smart questions) into as small of an email as possible. If you |
| are replying to a previous email only quote the parts that you are |
| replying to and to remove the unnecessary bits. This makes it easier for |
| people to follow a thread as well as making the email archives easier to |
| search and read. </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Do your best to ensure that you are |
| not sending HTML or "Stylelized" email to the list. </strong> |
| <br/> If |
| you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora, chances are that you |
| are sending HTML email by default. There is usually a setting that will |
| allow you to send "Plain Text" email. If you are using Microsoft |
| products to send email, there are several bugs in the software that |
| prevent you from turning off the sending of HTML email.</p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Watch where you are sending email. </strong> |
| <br/> The majority of our mailing |
| lists have set the Reply-To to go back to the list. That means that when |
| you Reply to a message, it will go to the list and not to the original |
| author directly. The reason is because it helps facilitate discussion on |
| the list for everyone to benefit from. Be careful of this as sometimes |
| you may intend to reply to a message directly to someone instead of the |
| entire list. <em> The appropriate contents of the Reply-To header is an |
| age-old debate that should not be brought up on the mailing lists. You |
| can examine opposing points of view <a href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html">condemning</a> our |
| convention and <a href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml"> |
| condoning</a> it. Bringing this up for debate on a mailing list will add |
| nothing new and is considered off-topic. </em> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong> Do not cross post messages. </strong> |
| <br/> In other words, pick one mailing |
| list and send your messages to that mailing list only. Do not send your |
| messages to multiple mailing lists. The reason is that people may be |
| subscribed to one list and not to the other. Therefore, some people will |
| only see part of the conversation. </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| </body> |
| |
| </document> |
