Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT : DSL modems & changing ISP
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:06:43
Message-Id: 20080826070638.709e49e4@pheonix
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT : DSL modems & changing ISP by Dale
1 On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:51:51 -0500
2 Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote:
3
4 > Philip Webb wrote:
5 > > (2) IIRC I'm signed up for Gentoo lists as 'purslow@×××××××××.ca',
6 > > so it looks as if I will need to resubscribe under the new ISP
7 > > (I have a reply-to header pointing to my UoT address,
8 > > but I delete it from e-mails to lists, as it caused problems in the
9 > > past).
10 > >
11 > > Has anyone had other problems in this area I should know about
12 > > (smile) ?
13 > >
14 > >
15 >
16 > When I changed ISPs a good while back, I did it this way. Get my new
17 > ISP and everything working as far as the connection and making sure
18 > email works. Once that is done, subscribe to the mailing list and
19 > confirm the subscription. After a little while you should start
20 > getting emails from the list. After you are sure that you will be
21 > getting list emails to the new email account, you can unsubscribe
22 > from the old list.
23 >
24 > I have done this a couple times and it has always worked well for
25 > me. Hope that helps.
26
27 Or just run your own email server... It makes life so much easier. :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT : DSL modems & changing ISP Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>