Cistron RADIUS mailinglist

The cistron-radius mailing list is for users and developers of the Cistron Radius server. There are a few house-rules we'd like everybody on the list to adhere to:

• No HTML on the list . If you're using a mail program that is HTML capable such as Netscape or Outlook, please turn HTML posting off. Many, many people on the list have chosen to use mail programs that aren't HTML capable and they can barely read your message - it shows up as HTML junk. There are a lot of webpages that can show you how .
• No vcards . Basically this is the same as HTML; if you don't actually use MIME in a useful way (such as base64 encoding a patch to make sure it doesn't get mangled along the way) please don't use it at all - vcards etc show up as a lot of junk too. Again, there are a lot of webpages that show you how.
• Learn how to Quote . When replying to a message, quote only the relevant parts of the previous message, and reply below every quoted part. Also make sure you have set the quoting character to "> " if your mailer has such a setting (like Outlook). This is a non-HTML, internet standard list - things like "the original message is in blue my answer is in red" don't work. In MS Outlook this is called Internet-style quoting. By the way, if you're using Outlook (Express) you really really want to install OE-Quotefix .
• Be on-topic . This list is about the Cistron Radius server and related issues. If you want to know how to compile a Linux kernel, the newsgroup comp.os.linux.questions would be a great place to ask, but not this list.
• Starting a new subject When you start a new subject, don't do it by replying to a previous message. Not even if you change the subject header - people use threaded mail readers, and even if you do change the subject header it still looks like your message is part of the discussion you are replying to. Simply start a new fresh message to cistron-radius@lists.cistron.nl.
• Read the FAQ . Before asking the obvious, please check the FAQ at http://www.radius.cistron.nl/faq/ to see if your question has been answered already.
• Read the Netiquette . The netiquette has a few rules of behaviour that are applicable to all means of electronic communication. The netiquette is also know as RFC1855 .

How to subscribe and unsubscribe

To subscribe, use the top part of that page - simply follow the instructions.

To unsubscribe, simply enter your email address in the lowest box on that page and click the "Edit Options" page. If you don't know your password (anymore) there is a button on that page to get the system to mail your password back to you.

If you want to subscribe through email, that is still possible. Just follow the instructions below:

This is a mailman list, and the mailman system interprets the message as pure ASCII - it doesn't know about HTML or MIME. So, to communicate with mailman through email you need to turn off HTML and MIME settings, or it might not understand you. Even PGP signing needs to be off as it usually results in a MIME message.

Subscribing to the list: send email to cistron-radius-request@lists.cistron.nl with in the body:

  subscribe [address=<address>]
  end

  subscribe address=greenman@mars.int
  end

Unsubscribing from the list: send a message to cistron-radius-request@lists.cistron.nl with in the body:

  unsubscribe your-password-here [email-address-to-unsubscribe]
  end

If you have forgotten your password, see above on how to recover it using the web interface.

Troubles: If you are having some kind of trouble with the list or with unsubscribing, don't bother the people on the list with it. If you're using the mail-interface, first try to get help by sending an email to cistron-radius-request@lists.cistron.nl with in the body:

help
end

Archive of the list

There is an archive of the list available on the web. Yes, we know it's not searchable yet. Sorry.

Last update 01-Mar-2001