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Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:15:23 UTC
The branch main has been updated by grahamperrin:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b64d67b51b62e5459f00889d4fb02437a9a7c1de
commit b64d67b51b62e5459f00889d4fb02437a9a7c1de
Author: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-07-15 16:51:45 +0000
Commit: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-07-15 16:51:45 +0000
Handbook: Internet resources: misleading content
For each list, there is more than one unsubscription option.
A URL is not found at the bottom of every email received from the list.
That approach ceased maybe two years ago.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/264754
PR: 264754
---
documentation/content/en/books/handbook/eresources/_index.adoc | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/eresources/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/eresources/_index.adoc
index ffe60465ea..c8fd50622b 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/eresources/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/eresources/_index.adoc
@@ -109,17 +109,13 @@ FreeBSD-provided archives:
The FreeBSD public mailing lists can be consulted link:{mailing-lists-url}[here].
[[eresources-subscribe]]
-=== How to Subscribe
+=== How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe
-To subscribe to a list, click the list name at {mailing-lists-url}.
-The page that is displayed should contain all of the necessary subscription instructions for that list.
+At {mailing-lists-url}, click the name of a list to reveal its options.
To post, after subscribing, send mail to `listname@FreeBSD.org`.
The message will be redistributed to list members.
-To unsubscribe from a list, click on the URL found at the bottom of every email received from the list.
-It is also possible to send an email to `listname+unsubscribe@FreeBSD.org` to unsubscribe.
-
It is important to keep discussion in the technical mailing lists on a technical track.
To only receive important announcements, instead join the {freebsd-announce}, which is intended for infrequent traffic.