[PHP-WEBMASTER] [web-php] master: Clarify mailing list instructions, especially for unsubscribing

noreply · July 5, 2025, 11:18pm

Author: Ben Ramsey (ramsey)
Date: 2025-07-05T18:13:30-05:00

Commit: Clarify mailing list instructions, especially for unsubscribing · php/web-php@7503644 · GitHub
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-php/commit/7503644a2622711351ce0d77050c5e10e592bf4e.diff

Clarify mailing list instructions, especially for unsubscribing

Changed paths:
M mailing-lists.php

Diff:

diff --git a/mailing-lists.php b/mailing-lists.php
index 4b6dc60e1e..744e402bf7 100644
--- a/mailing-lists.php
+++ b/mailing-lists.php
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function output_lists_table($mailing_lists): void
 foreach ($mailing_lists as $listinfo) {
 if (!is_array($listinfo)) {
 echo "<tr><th>{$listinfo}</th><th>Moderated</th><th>Archive</th>" .
- "<th>Newsgroup</th><th>Normal</th><th>Digest</th></tr>\n";
+ "<th>Newsgroup</th><th>Normal</th><th>Digest</th><th>List name</th></tr>\n";
 } else {
 echo '<tr align="center">';
 echo '<td align="left">' . $listinfo[1] . ' <<a href="mailto:’ . $listinfo[0] . '@lists.php.net">' . $listinfo[0] . '@lists.php.net</a>> ' . $listinfo[2] . '</td>';
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ function output_lists_table($mailing_lists): void
 echo '<td>' . ($listinfo[6] ? "<a href=\"news://news.php.net/{$listinfo[6]}\">yes</a> <a href=\"PHP news : error; : 'n/a') . '</td>';
 echo '<td><input name="maillist" type="radio" value="' . $listinfo[0] . '"></td>';
 echo '<td>' . ($listinfo[5] ? '<input name="maillist" type="radio" value="' . $listinfo[0] . '-digest">' : 'n/a') . '</td>';
+ echo '<td><code>' . $listinfo[0] . '</code></td>';
 echo "</tr>\n";
 }
 }
@@ -349,48 +350,57 @@ function output_lists_table($mailing_lists): void

If you experience trouble subscribing via the form above, you may also
- subscribe by sending an email to the list server.
- To subscribe to any mailing list, send an email to
- <code>listname+subscribe@lists.php.net</code>
- (substituting the name of the list for <code>listname</code>
- — for example, <code>php-general+subscribe@lists.php.net</code>).
+ subscribe by sending an email to the list server. To subscribe to any
+ mailing list, send an email to
+ <code>listname+subscribe@lists.php.net</code> (substituting the
+ name of the list for <code>listname</code>—for example,
+ <a href="mailto:php-general+subscribe@lists.php.net"><code>php-general+subscribe@lists.php.net</code></a>).

<h2>Mailing list options</h2>

- All of the mailing lists hosted at <a
- href="http://lists.php.net/">lists\.php\.net</a> are managed using the <a
- href="http://mlmmj.org/">mlmmj</a> mailing list software.
- There are a variety of commands you can use to modify your subscription.
- For a full overview, send a message to <code>php-whatever+help@lists.php.net</code> (as in,
- <code>php-general+help@lists.php.net</code>).</a>
+ All the mailing lists hosted at <a href="http://lists.php.net/">lists\.php\.net</a>
+ are managed using the <a href="http://mlmmj.org/">mlmmj</a> mailing list
+ software. There are a variety of commands you may use to modify your
+ subscription. For a full overview, send a message to
+ <code>listname+help@lists.php.net</code> (as in,
+ <a href="mailto:php-general+help@lists.php.net"><code>php-general+help@lists.php.net</code></a>).

<h3>Subscribing</h3>

<ul>
- <li>The normal mailing list, where you receive every message seperately: 
- Email: <code>php-listname+subscribe@lists.php.net</code></li>
- <li>The daily digest list, where you receive an email with every message for a whole day at once: 
- Email: <code>php-listname+subscribe-digest@lists.php.net</code></li>
- <li>The no email list, where you receive no emails from the list, but you can still post to it: 
- Email: <code>php-listname+subscribe-nomail@lists.php.net</code></li>
+ <li>The normal mailing list, where you receive every message separately: 
+ Email: <code>listname+subscribe@lists.php.net</code></li>
+ <li>The daily digest list, where you receive a daily email with every message for the whole day: 
+ Email: <code>listname+subscribe-digest@lists.php.net</code></li>
+ <li>The "no email" list, where you receive no emails from the list, but you have permission to post to it: 
+ Email: <code>listname+subscribe-nomail@lists.php.net</code></li>
</ul>

<h3>Unsubscribing</h3>

-Email: <code>php-listname+unsubscribe@lists.php.net</code>
+ To unsubscribe from a mailing list, send an email to
+ <code>listname+unsubscribe@lists.php.net</code>, where
+ listname is the name of the list you wish to unsubscribe from.
+ For example, to unsubscribe from the <code>php-announce</code> mailing list,
+ send an email to <a href="mailto:php-announce+unsubscribe@lists.php.net">
+ <code>php-announce+unsubscribe@lists.php.net</code></a>.
+
+
+
+ Please note, you must send the email from the address you want to unsubscribe.

<ul>
- <li>For a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): 
- Email: <code>php-listname+help@lists.php.net</code></li>
- <li>To reach an administrator: 
- Email: <code>php-listname+owner@lists.php.net</code></li>
+ <li>For mailing list FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): 
+ Email: <code>listname+help@lists.php.net</code></li>
+ <li>To reach an administrator: 
+ Email: <code>listname+owner@lists.php.net</code></li>
</ul>