[OSM-talk] RE: Links to Forum

[Lars Aronsson]

Ben Robbins wrote:

> I haven't changed any display settings in my hotmail account, and there
> doesnt seem to be multi ways of sending the email (html or not).  Ive
> tried attaching a print screen of how all the mailling list emails come
> as, with the request for a link at the top marked.

OpenStreetMap uses the mailing list server software "GNU Mailman" 
and when you see "Today's Topics:" that means you have subscribed 
in digest mode.  That's something only losers and lurkers do.  So 
if you're going to be active on the list or understand anything of 
it, you should go to the listinfo page,

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

Enter your e-mail address in the field at the bottom and click 
"Unsubscribe or edit options".

In the next screen, enter your subscription password, which is 
included in the monthly reminder (or request a new reminder). 

After this you get a long list of your current subscription 
options, where the second one is "Set Digest Mode".  Make sure 
this is "Off".  Then click "Submit my changes" at the bottom of 
the page.

Besides being generally useless, the digest mode in Mailman 2.1.5 
also breaks any Unicode postings, such as this one: åäö.  This I 
think is solved in Mailman 2.1.7 or so.


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  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
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