Re: O&M Open Area list created

[Jim Dixon <jdd at vbc.net>]

On Mon, 4 May 1998, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

> As an experiment, we have created an open area list for the O&M area.
> The list is intended to have the following characteristics:
> 
> - Unmoderated, anyone can join
> - You have to confirm subscription (Majordomo open+confirm)
> - No mail from non-subscribers (Majordomo access control) to avoid spam
> 
> The intended topics for the list are things of general interest to the
> O&M area, and not of particular IETF-wide interest.
> 
> To subscribe:
> 
>   Send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of the message to
>   ops-area-request at ops.ietf.org

This doesn't work; it gets you a "host unknown".  Changing it to
	ops-area-request at ietf.org
or
	open-area-request at ietf.org
yields "user unknown"s.
 
> To be allowed to submit from a different E-mail address:
> 
>   Send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of the message to
>   ops-area-submit-request at ops.ietf.org

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