 List Descriptions
Be currently runs seven electronic mailing lists:
Announcement Lists
Up-to-date general information about Be. This list is read only.
Anyone can subscribe to this list.
This list receives the weekly Be Newsletter.
Note: If you are a developer and on the BeDevNews mailing list,
there is no need to also join the BeInfo list.
BeCustNews
Up-to-date information for Be customers. This list is read only.
You must have purchased the BeOS Full Packages
to be on this list (you are automatically added when you order or register).
If you'd like to change your subscription address or unsubscribe from this list,
you can do so by visiting the
Registered Users
area of the Be web site, and modifying your e-mail preferences there.
BeDevInfo and BeDevNews
Up-to-date information for Be developers. These lists are read only.
You must be a member of the
Be Developer Program
to be on this list (you are automatically added when you join).
If you'd like to unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail to listmaster@be.com.
If you'd like to change your subscription address, please modify
your Developer contact information in the
Registered Developer Area
on the Be web site.
These lists receive the weekly Be Newsletter.
Note: If you are a developer and on the BeDevInfo or BeDevNews
mailing list, there is no need to also join the BeInfo list.
BePressNews
This is a press line that sends out event information and press
releases only. This list is read only. You must be a member of
the press corps to join this list (send requests to press@be.com).
Discussion Lists
Discussion list for BeOS developers wishing to stay tightly focused on writing
code under the BeOS. View the
BeCodeTalk List Charter
for more information.
This is an open discussion list to which messages can be posted.
Traffic is dependent on subscriber usage,
which is currently low-to-moderate. Anyone can join this list.
To send mail to the BeCodeTalk mailing list, send your message with
a descriptive subject to becodetalk@be.com.
Note: you must be a member of the BeCodeTalk list to send a message to
the list. The list will reject messages from non-members.
Discussion list for BeOS developers covering BeOS programming and other technical issues.
View the BeDevTalk List Charter
for more information.
This is an open discussion list
to which messages can be posted. Traffic is dependent on subscriber usage,
which is currently moderate-to-high. Anyone can join this list.
To send mail to the BeDevTalk mailing list, send your message with
a descriptive subject to bedevtalk@be.com.
Note: you must be a member of the BeDevTalk list to send a message to
the list. The list will reject messages from non-members.
Discussion group for BeOS users interested in discussion a variety of Be-related
topics. View the BeUserTalk List Charter
for more information.
This is an open discussion
list to which messages can be posted. Traffic is dependent on subscriber usage,
which is currently low-to-moderate. Anyone can join this list.
To send mail to the BeUserTalk mailing list, send your message with
a descriptive subject to beusertalk@be.com.
Note: you must be a member of the BeUserTalk list to send a message to
the list. The list will reject messages from non-members.
Subscribing/Unsubscribing
All subscription requests are handled by commands sent via e-mail to the Be list server.
All list commands must be sent to listserv@be.com.
You may also send list commands for any of our unrestricted lists
(BeInfo, BeCodeTalk, BeDevTalk, and BeUserTalk) by using the
List Maintenance web form.
Subscribing
To subscribe to a list, send an e-mail message to listserv@be.com containing
the following in the subject of the message:
subscribe list_name
For example:
subscribe beinfo
subscribe bedevtalk digest
Note: Your "From:" e-mail address will be added to the list of recipients
for that list, and the "From:" address of your posts to the list
must match the "From:" address you subscribed with in order to be
successfully reflected to the list.
Important Note: Due to the large quantities of bounced e-mail our lists receive,
the list server is very strict in eliminating e-mail addresses
which have delivery problems. Three bounces in seven days and an address will be
automatically unsubscribed from all lists.
We regret any problems this might cause our subscribers, but our lists have too
many subscribers and too much traffic to avoid automatic unsubscription of bad e-mail
addresses.
If you are unsubscribed from BeCustNews or BeDevNews in this way, you can
reset your e-mail status to valid simply by visiting the Registered
User or
Developer
area of the web site, and updating your information. Even if you
make no changes to your data, clicking the Submit Changes button resets
your e-mail status to be valid.
Unsubscribing
To unsubscribe to a list, send an e-mail message to listserv@be.com containing
the following in the subject of the message:
unsubscribe list_name
For example:
unsubscribe beinfo
unsubscribe bedevtalk
Note: In order to unsubscribe from a list, the "From:" address in your unsubscribe
message must exactly match the "From:" address with which you subscribed to the list.
List Maintenance Form
This form allows you to send certain requests to our list
server via a Web form interface, rather than via e-mail commands. Currently you can only operate on our three general
public mailing lists, BeInfo,BeDevTalk, and BeUserTalk.
When you submit a request via the form, you will receive a confirmation e-mail
message from the Be list server. You must reply to that confirmation
e-mail in order to activate the command. You don't need to edit it or add
anything to it, just use your mailer's reply command and send it back.
Other List Features
Some of the other features of our mailing lists include:
Help
To receive a help message for any of Be's mailing lists, send a message containing
the single word "help" in the subject field to listserv@be.com.
Digest Mail
Once you are subscribed to a list, you will receive all messages
forwarded to the list by list members, or from Be. For the three
discussion lists, BeCodeTalk, BeDevTalk and BeUserTalk, you can turn on the digest
option for your address, which will cause messages to be compiled and
sent to you once a day in a single message.
To turn on the digest
feature, send the following in the subject field of your message (for example):
subscribe becodetalk digest
subscribe bedevtalk digest
subscribe beusertalk digest
To turn digests off (and return to normal list messaging), send (for example):
subscribe becodetalk
subscribe bedevtalk
subscribe beusertalk
Note that digests are available for BeCodeTalk, BeDevTalk and BeUserTalk only.
Mail Archives
Archives of all messages sent to the BeDevTalk list are available on the
web, in two different archives.
- ABiSoft's archives
are searchable via a flexible and fuzzy matching engine, and include list
messages from 1996 to the present.
- Adamation's
archives are organized in a highly structured fashion, and include list
messages from April 1996 to the present. They are even updated in
real-time!
Be thanks ABiSoft and Adamation for this service to the Be
community.
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