1.7.1.1 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.

When subscribing and unsubscribing, only the address to which you send your message 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 by 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 your_name@host.domain, send a message to mysql-subscribe-your_name=host.domain@lists.mysql.com.

Mail to mysql-subscribe@lists.mysql.com or mysql-unsubscribe@lists.mysql.com is handled automatically by the ezmlm mailing list processor. Information about ezmlm is available at the ezmlm web site (http://www.ezmlm.org/).

To post a message to the list itself, send your message to mysql@lists.mysql.com. Please do not send mail about subscribing or unsubscribing to mysql@lists.mysql.com because all 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.

If you wish to have traffic for a mailing list go to a separate mailbox in your mail program, set up a filter based on the message headers. You can use either the List-ID: or Delivered-To: headers to identify list messages.

The MySQL mailing lists are as follows:

announce-subscribe@lists.mysql.com announce

This list is for announcements of new versions of MySQL and related programs. This is a low-volume list to which all MySQL users should subscribe.

mysql-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysql

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

mysql-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysql-digest

This is the mysql list in digest form. Subscribing to this list means you will get all list messages, sent as one large mail message once a day.

bugs-subscribe@lists.mysql.com bugs

This list will be of interest to you if you want to stay informed about issues reported since the last release of MySQL or if you want to be actively involved in the process of bug hunting and fixing. See section 1.7.1.3 How to Report Bugs or Problems.

bugs-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com bugs-digest

This is the bugs list in digest form.

internals-subscribe@lists.mysql.com internals

This list is for people who work on the MySQL code. This is also the forum for discussions on MySQL development and post patches.

internals-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com internals-digest

This is the internals list in digest form.

mysqldoc-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysqldoc

This list is for people who work on the MySQL documentation: people from MySQL AB, translators, and other community members.

mysqldoc-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysqldoc-digest

This is the mysqldoc list in digest form.

benchmarks-subscribe@lists.mysql.com benchmarks

This list is for anyone interested in performance issues. Discussions concentrate on database performance (not limited to MySQL) but also include broader categories such as performance of the kernel, file system, disk system, and so on.

benchmarks-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com benchmarks-digest

This is the benchmarks list in digest form.

packagers-subscribe@lists.mysql.com packagers

This list is for discussions on packaging and distributing MySQL. This is the forum used by distribution maintainers to exchange ideas on packaging MySQL and on ensuring that MySQL looks and feels as similar as possible on all supported platforms and operating systems.

packagers-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com packagers-digest

This is the packagers list in digest form.

java-subscribe@lists.mysql.com java

This list is for discussions about the MySQL server and Java.It is mostly used to discuss JDBC drivers, including MySQL Connector/J.

java-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com java-digest

This is the java list in digest form.

win32-subscribe@lists.mysql.com win32

This list is for all things concerning the MySQL software on Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP.

win32-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com win32-digest

This is the win32 list in digest form.

myodbc-subscribe@lists.mysql.com myodbc

This list is for all things concerning connecting to the MySQL server with ODBC.

myodbc-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com myodbc-digest

This is the myodbc list in digest form.

mysqlcc-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysqlcc

This list is for all things concerning the MySQL Control Center graphical client.

mysqlcc-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com mysqlcc-digest

This is the mysqlcc list in digest form.

plusplus-subscribe@lists.mysql.com plusplus

This list is for all things concerning programming with the C++ API to MySQL.

plusplus-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com plusplus-digest

This is the plusplus list in digest form.

msql-mysql-modules-subscribe@lists.mysql.com msql-mysql-modules

This list is for all things concerning the Perl support for MySQL with msql-mysql-modules, which is now named DBD-mysql.

msql-mysql-modules-digest-subscribe@lists.mysql.com msql-mysql-modules-digest

This is the msql-mysql-modules list in digest form.

You subscribe or unsubscribe to all lists using the same method described at the beginning of this section. For example, to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the myodbc list, send a message to myodbc-subscribe@lists.mysql.com or myodbc-unsubscribe@lists.mysql.com.

If you're unable to get an answer to your question(s) from a MySQL mailing list, one option is to pay for support from MySQL AB. This will put you in direct contact with MySQL developers. See section 1.4.1 Support Offered by MySQL AB.

The following table shows some MySQL mailing lists in languages other than English. These lists are not operated by MySQL AB, so we can't guarantee their quality.

mysql-france-subscribe@yahoogroups.com A French mailing list

list@tinc.net A Korean mailing list

E-mail subscribe mysql your@e-mail.address to this list.

mysql-de-request@lists.4t2.com A German mailing list

E-mail subscribe mysql-de your@e-mail.address to this list. You can find information about this mailing list at http://www.4t2.com/mysql/.

mysql-br-request@listas.linkway.com.br A Portuguese mailing list

E-mail subscribe mysql-br your@e-mail.address to this list.

mysql-alta@elistas.net A Spanish mailing list

E-mail subscribe mysql your@e-mail.address to this list.

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