The UUG mailing lists

What is a mailing list?

A mailing list work like this: A whole bunch of people subscribe to a list. Then, when one person sends an email to the mailing list address, everyone gets a copy forwarded to them. Usually, one person posts a question, and others respond to the question. Some email readers will even display messages in a "threaded fashion" so that replies appear indented under the original mails. We recommend filtering your UUG mailing list mail away from your inbox to avoid inundation.

UUG-List

Purpose

For discussion of technical Unix topics, club discussions, and the ocassional off-the-wall conversation. It is also a great place to ask your Unix/Linux question.

To subscribe

Go the sign-up page and put in your information.

Archives

Archives of the mailing lists can be found here: http://uug.byu.edu/pipermail/uug-list/.
You can also see the older archives (prior to January 22, 2003)

Coping with high traffic

This mailing list tends to be pretty high traffic. Sometimes, exceeding 50 emails in one day. Most members find it very helpful to setup filters to direct this mail out of their inbox and into a separate folder specifically for this mailing list. You can do this with procmail (a server-side mail filter), or with your mail client's filtering features. Every uug-list mail will have this string in the subject line: "[uug]" so you can tell your mail reader to filter those to another folder.

Newbies

Purpose

For new Unix/Linux users to get answers to questions. If you are new to Unix/Linux, this is a great resource for learning your way. Typical questions include: "How do I mount my CD-ROM?", "How to I get my zip drive to work under Linux?", etc. If you are a Linux/Unix pro, you are also welcome to subscribe to answer newbies' questions.

To subscribe

Go the sign-up page and put in your information.

Archives

Archives of the mailing lists can be found here: http://uug.byu.edu/pipermail/newbies/.
You can also see the older archives.

How to use this list

Here's how it works: You send an email with a question to newbies@uug.byu.edu and then it gets forwarded automatically to everyone else on the list. Someone who wants to answer will simply reply to your email and it will also get forwarded automatically to everyone on the list as well. That way, you can read what other people ask and see their answers. You can also sign up to receive list mail in "digest mode". In digest mode, instead of getting an email immediately every time someone posts, you get a single email at the end of each day containing all the days posts. Once you have subscribed, you can change your settings on the web by putting your email address in the bottom form.