Re: NNTP: Thunderbird working: partial success

Graham Perrin <[email protected]> Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:01:27 +0000
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On 11/01/2026 11:43, Anton Shepelev wrote:

> If it is your first post via Gmane to this mailing list, you
> should receive a confirmation e-mail …


 From the email (delivered to my Gmail address):


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… Then send a message to
[email protected] with the text

   set nomail on YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE

or (depending on the version of Mailman)

   set authenticate YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE
   set delivery off

in the body of the message.
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Am I expected to send my Google password?

(Is any of this documented, or is it tribal knowledge?)

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    <p>On 11/01/2026 11:43, Anton Shepelev wrote:</p>
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      cite="mid:[email protected]">
      <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">If it is your first post via Gmane to this mailing list, you
should receive a confirmation e-mail …</pre>
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    </p>
    <p>From the email (delivered to my Gmail address): </p>
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… Then send a message to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
    href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> with the text

  set nomail on YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE

or (depending on the version of Mailman)

  set authenticate YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE
  set delivery off

in the body of the message.
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Am I expected to send my Google password?

(Is any of this documented, or is it tribal knowledge?)</pre>
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