2.1 The MySQL mailing lists

To subscribe to the main MySQL mailing list, send a message to the electronic mail address mysql-subscribe@lists.mysql.com.

To unsubscribe from the main MySQL mailing list, send a message to the electronic mail address mysql-unsubscribe@lists.mysql.com.

Only the address to which you send your messages is significant. The subject line and the body of the message are ignored.

If your reply address is not valid, you can specify your address explicitly. Adding a hyphen to the subscribe or unsubscribe command word, followed by your address with the `@' character in your address replaced by a `='. For example, to subscribe john@host.domain, send a message to mysql-subscribe-john=host.domain@lists.mysql.com.

Mail to mysql-subscribe@lists.mysql.com or ezmlm mailing list processor. Information about ezmlm is available at the ezmlm Website.

To post a message to the list itself, send your message to mysql@lists.mysql.com. However, please do not send mail about subscribing or unsubscribing to mysql@lists.mysql.com, since any mail sent to that address is distributed automatically to thousands of other users.

Your local site may have many subscribers to mysql@lists.mysql.com. If so, it may have a local mailing list, so that messages sent from lists.mysql.com to your site are propagated to the local list. In such cases, please contact your system administrator to be added to or dropped from the local MySQL list.

The following MySQL mailing lists exist:

announce

This is for announcement of new versions of MySQL and related programs. This is a low volume list that we think all MySQL users should be on.

mysql

The main list for general MySQL discussion. Please note that some topics are better discussed on the more-specialized lists. If you post to the wrong list, you may not get an answer!

mysql-digest

The mysql list in digest form. That means you get all individual messages, sent as one large mail message once a day.

java

Discussion about MySQL and Java. Mostly about the JDBC drivers.

java-digest

A digest version of the java list.

win32

All things concerning MySQL on Microsoft operating systems such as Windows NT.

win32-digest

A digest version of the win32 list.

myodbc

All things concerning connecting to MySQL with ODBC.

myodbc-digest

A digest version of the myodbc list.

msql-mysql-modules

A list about the Perl support in MySQL.

msql-mysql-modules-digest

A digest version of the msql-mysql-modules list.

developer

A list for people who work on the MySQL code.

developer-digest

A digest version of the developer list.

You subscribe or unsubscribe to all lists in the same way as described above. In your subscribe or unsubscribe message, just put the appropriate mailing list name rather than mysql. For example, to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the myodbc list, send a message to