Dealing with the Email lists on Team.Net
Since about 1988 there have been email lists for various sorts of automotive enthusiasts connected with what has become known as Team.Net.  It was fairly loosely organised back then, and still is, but on April 11, 1991, the domain was registered.  Back then when trying to explain to your fellow motorheads about it you'd get funny looks when you said things like 'the dot is not silent.'  Since those early days of one list related to classic British sports cars and another related to autocross events it has grown to be a collection of over 100 lists, an FTP repository and various web related resources.


Back in the beginning the list members consisted of a few dozen folks who knew their way around computers and could easily deal with various technical issues.  In the time since then, though, it seems the majority of the 15,000 subscribers don't have a ready grasp of the intricacies of how things work.  On the most basic level a mailing list is pretty simple.  It consists of a collection of email addresses.  People send email to the list, and the list software sends out their message to other subscribers.  You get on the list by subscribing to it, you get off the list by unsubscribing.  Seems simple enough, but I'm no longer surprised by the number of  people who have  difficulties  with the process.

First off, there are currently two different  software suites  managing lists at autox.team.net.  The first one, which handles  about 85 of the  automotive related lists,  is majordomo.  Majordomo has been  around  for quite some time, and is aimed at list management through email commands.  You send a command message to majordomo@autox.team.net, and if the software can figure out what you are requesting, it tries to fulfill the request.  Here's a list of the lists managed by majordomo@autox.team.net:

 
  2000-register           Triumph 2000/2500 interest list
  6pack                   Triumph TR6 & TR250 Discussion list
  6pack-digest            Triumph TR6 & TR250 Discussion list - Digest Version                
  alpines                 List for discussions about Sunbeam Alpines
  alpines-digest          Digest format for Sunbeam Alpine list.
  autojumble              Items for sale and wanted, private and commercial
  autojumble-digest       Digest version of autojumble list
  autox                   Team.Net list, for discussions about autocrossing
  autox-cm                Discussion of SCCA Solo II C Modified class
  autox-dsp               
  autox-fm                F Modified Solo II class discussion
  autox-fp                
  ax-digest               Autox@autox.team.net, Digest version
  ba-autox                
  ba-autox-digest         Digest version of ba-autox list.
  barx7club               Bay Area Rx-7 list. Subscription is limited to No. Calif
  bmcu                    List for British Motor Club of Utah members.
  brewers                 Private List
  bricklin                List for discussion of Bricklin automobiles
  british-cars            Discussions about British cars, large and small
  british-cars-digest     British Cars email list in digest form
  british-cars-pre-war    List for discussions about early British cars.
  buick-rover-v8          
  ccmgc                   Capitol City MG Car Club list
  chapman-era             Discussion of early Lotus automobiles
  datsun-roadsters        List for discussions about Datsun 1600/2000 cars.
  datsun-roadsters-digest Digest version of datsun-roadsters list.
  flatheads               Discussions of old Ford flathead engines
  formula-ford            Various Formula Ford, Club Ford discussion topics
  fot                     Private list
  fot-digest              Private Triumph related list.
  geez                    Geez! Customer info and discussion list.
  glen-scca               Open discussion for local interest.  Glen Region (Watkin
  healeys                 List for discussions about Healey Sports Cars.
  healeys-digest          List for discussions about Healey Sports Cars
  italia                  Triumph Italia discussion list
  judson                  Discussion of Judson Superchargers for Automotive use
  kcr-scca                
  land-speed              Land Speed Record interest list
  land-speed-digest       Digest version of land-speed list.
  lotus-cars              Email forum for discussions about Lotus Automobiles
  marcos                  Marcos auto email discussion list
  mg-mmm                  For prewar MMM series MG cars, clubs,  activities, etc.
  mg-t                    Discussion regarding MG T type vehicles
  mgb-v8                  
  mgs                     List for discussions about MG Sports Cars
  mgs-digest              Collection of MGs mailing list articles
  mini-baja               List for discussions about SAE Mini-Baja vehicles
  mini-list               discussions about Austin/B.L./Rover Minis
  mini-list-digest        Collection of mini-list mail articles              
  morgans                 discussions about Morgan automobiles
  morris                  Discussion of Morris automobiles
  newsletters             Newsletter editor discussion list
  okla_scca               Oklahoma region SCCA discussion list
  oletrucks               Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
  oletrucks-digest        Digest version of oletrucks list.
  rallycross              
  riley                   Discussion about Riley automobiles
  rolls-bentley           Discussion about Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars
  shop-owners             
  shop-talk               List for general discussion of tools, techniques and suc
  solo-vee                
  spitfires               Discussion list for Herald based Triumph cars.
  spitfires-digest        Digest version of Spitfres list.
  spridgets               AH/MG Sprite/Midget mailing list
  spridgets-digest        Digest version of Spridgets list.
  spridgets-mod           Moderated list for Sprite/Midget discussion
  team-thicko             an irreverant look at vintage racing and participatants.
  tigers                  List for discussions about Sunbeam Tigers
  tigers-digest           Digest format for tigers mailing list
  triumphs                List for discussions about Triumph Sports Cars
  triumphs-digest         Collection of triumphs mailing list articles
  tvr                     Early TVR sports car discussion
  twingo                  Discussions about the Renault Twingo
  vintage-race            Discussion of vintage racing cars and events
  vintage-race-digest     Digest version of vintage-race list.
  vtr                     List for general use of VTR members.
  vtr-admin               Private list for VTR business
  vtr-chapters            
  wichita-scca


The other software system managing lists is called Mailman.  This is a more recently developed system than majordomo, and uses web based management, though one can still use email based commands if necessary.  Here's the lists which are under Mailman's jurisdiction at autox.team.net:

 
              AHCUSA - Austin-Healey Club USA
            Amphicar - Amphicar Enthusiasts list
            Bmw-Mini - Discussions about the new BMW Mini
                Cahc - Cascade Austin Healey Club
    Curved-dash-olds - Curved Dash Oldsmobiles, 1900 - 1905
                DMVR - DMVR
    Glen-scca-racing - SCCA Glen region road racing list
           goldcoast - Gold Coast British Car Club
             Jagnuts - JAGNUTS Regina
               JONAT - JONAT
          Jonat-chat - [no description available]
              Lancia - Discussion forum for Lancia automobiles
             LSUFSAE - Mailing list for LSU's FSAE Team
         LSUminibaja - [no description available]
         Migcruisers - [no description available]
            Shotimes - Ford SHO Product discussion list
         Single-malt - Scotch appreciation
           The-local - Random chatter for team.net folks
             Tr-gang - Private List
                Vtow - Vintage Triumphs of Wisconsin
           VTR-Board - Voting officers of The Vintage Triumph Register
          Wichitapca - [no description available]
                WMJR - Wasatch Mountain Jaguar Register
                 Wtc - Discussion regarding WTC/Pentagon attacks



Subscribing

For majordomo lists, you send a message to majordomo@autox.team.net.  The message doesn't require a subject line, so don't worry if your mailer doesn't put one in by default.  In the body of the message, you put the commands

subscribe name_of_the_list
end

Obviously, name_of_the_list is really the name of the desired list as shown above.  You can subscribe to more than one list at a time, with a message containing

subscribe name_of_list1
subscribe name_of_list2
...
end


Majordomo will figure out your email address and send you a message with further instructions.  Follow those instructions and you should be set.  The 'end' command tells majordomo to quit looking for further commands in the message, so it won't try to interpret a signature or disclaimer or whatever as a command.

 For mailman lists, you visit the web page http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo then click on the name of the desired list and follow those instructions.


Unsubscribing

For majordomo lists, you send a message to majordomo@autox.team.net, with the body of the message containing the commands

unsubscribe name_of_the_list
end

If you changed email addresses or some such and want to change your list subscription address, unsubscribe the old address and subscribe the new one:

unsubscribe name_of_the_list my_old_address
subscribe name_of_the_list
end


For mailman lists, you you visit the web page http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo then click on the name of the desired list, scroll down to the bottom where there is a section for subscribers, follow  those instructions to accomplish what you need.  Aggain, if you want to change addresses, you unsubscribe your old address and subscribe your new one.



This is a quick overview, the mailing list management programs do have more extensive help facilities available.  For majordomo, send a message to majordomo@autox.team.net with the commands

help
end

and you should get back an email that goes into all the various commands available.
Some folks try to make this more difficult than it really is, and send all sorts of stuff in their messages, when all they need to do is read the instructions, then follow the instructions.

For mailman, you you visit the web page http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo  click on the name of the list and go from there.