How to use the Mailing List

This mailing list is maintained for the convenience of our customers.
It is used to distribute technical updates and new product information.
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This list is named:   venus@birchbark.com

Joining a mailing list

Anyone can join the mailing list maintained by Birchbark Technology. To join the list , send a message to venus-request@birchbark.com containing:

SUBSCRIBE

in the message body. The mailer daemon will respond with a mail message indicating the success or failure of your attempt.

If you wish to subscribe under another mail address, include a "Reply-to:" header in your mail message. This is the address which will be added to the mailing list, and the response to your command will be sent to that address.

Leaving a mailing list

To leave a mailing list listname, send a mail message to venus-request@birchbark.com, containing:

UNSUBSCRIBE

in the message body.

If you have changed your mail address, and wish to unsubscribe from a list with your old address before subscribing with your new address, then include a "Reply-to: oldname@old.domain" header in your mail message. oldname@old.domain will be removed from the mailing list (but the response to your command will be sent to that old address).

Mailing list processor commands

Commands understood by the mailing list processor are as follows.

All commands must be addressed to venus-request@birchbark.com and are placed in the body of the message.

HELP
Produces summary of commands
JOIN [listname]
Subscribe to mailing list
LEAVE [listname]
Unsubscribe from mailing list
STOP
Stop processing commands (eg to avoid processing a signature)
SUBSCRIBE [listname]
Subscribe to mailing list
UNSUBSCRIBE [listname]
Unsubscribe from mailing list

Posting to the Mailing List

If you want to post to the mailing list (sending to all members of the mailing list), compose your email normally and send it to venus@birchbark.com.