FreeBSD Handbook : Resources on the Internet : Mailing lists : How to subscribe
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27.1.2. How to subscribe

All mailing lists live on FreeBSD.ORG, so to post to a given list you simply mail to listname@FreeBSD.ORG. It will then be redistributed to mailing list members world-wide.

To subscribe to a list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> and include 

subscribe <listname> [<optional address>]
In the body of your message. For example, to subscribe yourself to freebsd-announce, you'd do: 
% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
subscribe freebsd-announce
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If you want to subscribe yourself under a different name, or submit a subscription request for a local mailing list (note: this is more efficient if you have several interested parties at one site, and highly appreciated by us!), you would do something like: 
% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
subscribe freebsd-announce local-announce@somesite.com
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Finally, it is also possible to unsubscribe yourself from a list, get a list of other list members or see the list of mailing lists again by sending other types of control messages to majordomo. For a complete list of available commands, do this: 
% mail majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG
help
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Again, we would like to request that you keep discussion in the technical mailing lists on a technical track. If you are only interested in the "high points" then it is suggested that you join freebsd-announce, which is intended only for infrequent traffic.

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