How to use the Mailing Lists (Quick Intro) - Pistos/diaspora GitHub Wiki

A mailing list is basically a forum where you can use your email address to create and reply on topics. Actually you just can use the Google Groups web-interface to use the mailing list, but this instructions are for those who don't have a Google account.

Subscribe (join) a mailing list

You need to "subscribe" to a mailing list in order to be able to reply on topics. If you subscribe on a mailing list, you always get a mail when a new topic or reply on a topic was created, so it'd be a good idea to set some filters or use a separate email address.

To subscribe to the "diaspora-discuss" mailing list, send a mail with whatever content to [email protected]. You'll get a mail from Google Groups on which you have to reply in order to verify your subscription.

Create new topics/reply to topics

• To create a new topic in "diaspora-discuss", send a mail to [email protected], subject as topic title, content as topic's first post's content.
• To reply to a topic, reply to one of those mail-notifications you get when you are subscribed to the mailing list.