On 2 Sep 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Manoj Srivastava writes:
: > Note it never says these are the *only* public lists.
:
: It says "The public lists are:", not "Some of the public lists are:". That
: clearly implies that these are all of the public lists.
:
: > In fact, there _are_ other lists.
:
: Yes, the web page says so (but does not name them). It also says that they
: are private: "...together with several lists intended for developers only."
:
: > Their existence is spread by word of mouth, like you are learning now
: > about debian-devel. Tends to keep noise levels down, and people wanting
: > to know how to make windows 95 tuned better for doom
:
: I see. They aren't private, just secret. I hope that is not a deliberate
: policy.
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One can easily retrieve a list of the mailing lists currently at
lists.debian.org. While I wouldn't call them publicized, I wouldn't
call them secret, either.
Exhibit A
Here is a list of all of the valid addresses in the lists.debian.org domain:
listmaster: A human being, not a machine, your last resort.
debian-68k: Mailing list.
debian-68k-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-admintool: Mailing list.
debian-admintool-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-alpha: Mailing list.
debian-alpha-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-announce: Mailing list.
debian-announce-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-board: Mailing list.
debian-board-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-bugs-closed: Mailing list.
debian-bugs-closed-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-bugs-dist: Mailing list.
debian-bugs-dist-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-bugs-forwarded: Mailing list.
debian-bugs-forwarded-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-changes-digest: Mailing list.
debian-changes-digest-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-changes: Mailing list.
debian-changes-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-consultants: Mailing list.
debian-consultants-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-devel-announce: Mailing list.
debian-devel-announce-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-devel-changes: Mailing list.
debian-devel-changes-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-devel-digest: Mailing list.
debian-devel-digest-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-devel: Mailing list.
debian-devel-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-doc: Mailing list.
debian-doc-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-faq: Mailing list.
debian-faq-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-french: Mailing list.
debian-french-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-i18n: Mailing list.
debian-i18n-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-italian: Mailing list.
debian-italian-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-l10n-spanish: Mailing list.
debian-l10n-spanish-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-policy: Mailing list.
debian-policy-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-publicity: Mailing list.
debian-publicity-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-qa: Mailing list.
debian-qa-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-sparc: Mailing list.
debian-sparc-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-testing: Mailing list.
debian-testing-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-user-digest: Mailing list.
debian-user-digest-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-user: Mailing list.
debian-user-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
debian-www: Mailing list.
debian-www-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
test: Mailing list.
test-REQUEST: request server for mailing list.
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