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Be has established a set of Internet mailing lists. You can subscribe to one or more of these lists to have information about Be and BeOS sent directly to your e-mail in-box.

> List Descriptions
> Subscribing/Unsubscribing
> Other List Features

 

> List Descriptions

Be currently runs seven electronic mailing lists:

Announcement Lists

BeInfo

Up-to-date general information about Be. This list is read only. Anyone can subscribe to this list.

This list receives The BMessage.

Note: If you are on the BeInfo list, there is no need to also join the BeDevInfo list.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeInfo, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message after entering the proper information on the subject line:


BeDevInfo

Up-to-date information for Be developers. This list is read only. Anyone can subscribe to this list.

This list receives The BMessage.

Note: If you are a developer on the BeDevInfo list, there is no need to also join the BeInfo list.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeDevInfo, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message after entering the proper information on the subject line:


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

BeUserTalk

Archived @ eScribe Discussion group for BeOS users interested in discussing 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 moderate-to-high. 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.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeUserTalk, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message after entering the proper information on the subject line:


BeIATalk

Archived @ eScribe Discussion group for Be Internet Appliance topics.

This is an open discussion list to which messages can be posted. Traffic is dependent on subscriber usage.

To send mail to the BeIATalk mailing list, send your message with a descriptive subject to beiatalk@be.com.

Note: you must be a member of the BeIATalk list to send a message to the list. The list will reject messages from non-members.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeIATalk, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message:


BeDevTalk

Archived @ eScribe Discussion list for BeOS developers covering BeOS programming and other developer-specific 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.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeDevTalk, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message:


BeCodeTalk

Archived @ eScribe Discussion list for BeOS developers wishing to stay tightly focused on writing code for 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.

To subscribe to or unsubscribe from BeCodeTalk, click the appropriate link, and send the resulting e-mail message:

 

> 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 lyris@be.com.


Subscribing

To subscribe to a list, send an e-mail message to lyris@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 lyris@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 match the "From:" address with which you subscribed to the list.

 

> 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 lyris@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):

set becodetalk digest
set bedevtalk digest
set beusertalk digest

To turn digests off (and return to normal list messaging), send (for example):

set becodetalk mail
set bedevtalk mail
set beusertalk mail

Note that digests are available for BeCodeTalk, BeDevTalk and BeUserTalk only.


List Message Archives

eScribeBe has partnered with eScribe to bring you flexible, powerful archives of the three Be discussion lists. The archives cover all list traffic from the beginning of 1998 to the present, and can be viewed, searched, and sorted in a variety of useful ways.

Check out the archives for each of the Be mailing lists:



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