[ast-developers] [PATCH v2] ast: add info about ast(ksh) mailing lists

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Cc: AST developers mailing list <ast-***@lists.research.att.com>
Cc: AST users mailing list <ast-***@lists.research.att.com>
Cc: Kurtis Rader <***@skepticism.us>
Cc: Marc Vertes <***@free.fr>
Cc: Siteshwar Vashisht <***@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <***@gmail.com>
---
README.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b852beb..5c37e756 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,8 +137,20 @@ Use `#ksh` channel on freenode to discuss about AT&T KornShell and related varia
TBD is setting up a public Gitter, and other channels for real-time
communication.

-Archives of the legacy AST mailing lists (which is mostly
-about ksh) can be read at https://marc.info/?l=ast-developers and
-https://marc.info/?l=ast-users. These mailing lists now receive almost
-zero traffic. It no longer appears to be possible to subscribe to those
-mailing lists.
+### Mailing lists
+Mailman is reachable ONLY through e-mail commands to:
+<ast-developers-***@lists.research.att.com> or
+<ast-users-***@lists.research.att.com>
+because the http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo web interface is
+not available from internet for security reasons.
+
+To subscribe send an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line, and reply
+to the confirmation e-mail to acknowledge the subscription.
+
+To get more info send "help" in the subject line, or for detailed
+instructions of mailman commands go to:
+http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node41.html
+http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node42.html
+
+Archives of the AST mailing lists (which is mostly about ksh) are available at:
+https://marc.info/?l=ast-developers and https://marc.info/?l=ast-users.

[Siteshwar Vashisht]

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:47:35 PM
Subject: [PATCH v2] ast: add info about ast(ksh) mailing lists
---
README.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b852beb..5c37e756 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,8 +137,20 @@ Use `#ksh` channel on freenode to discuss about AT&T
KornShell and related varia
TBD is setting up a public Gitter, and other channels for real-time
communication.
-Archives of the legacy AST mailing lists (which is mostly
-about ksh) can be read at https://marc.info/?l=ast-developers and
-https://marc.info/?l=ast-users. These mailing lists now receive almost
-zero traffic. It no longer appears to be possible to subscribe to those
-mailing lists.
+### Mailing lists
+because the http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo web interface is
+not available from internet for security reasons.
+
+To subscribe send an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line, and reply
+to the confirmation e-mail to acknowledge the subscription.
+
+To get more info send "help" in the subject line, or for detailed
+http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node41.html
+http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node42.html
+
+https://marc.info/?l=ast-developers and https://marc.info/?l=ast-users.
--
2.14.3

Merged with minor changes through https://github.com/att/ast/pull/436