UNIX Sysadmin Resources – Mailing Lists
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As of May 2005, it is being hosted and maintained by Bill Bradford.
There are many mailing lists for fast-response system administration questions and answers. The mail volumes on these lists vary widely. Most are
intended only for time-critical questions, after you’ve exhausted all other resources for finding the answers. If you join any of these lists, be prepared
to answer questions as well as ask them. That’s the secret to these lists’ success.
| Vendor/Topic | List Name | How to Subscribe | Notes |
| Cray | unicos-l | ask unicos-l-request@cug.org (CUG members only) | — |
| DEC/Compaq | decstation-managers | send “subscribe decstation-managers” to majordomo@ornl.gov | — |
| AlphaNT | send “subscribe” to AlphaNT-request@listserv.mfg.mke.ab.com | Ok, it’s not Unix, but the webmistress needed this one. | |
| HP | hpux-admin | send “subscribe hpux-admin” to majordomo@dutchworks.nl | Mailing list info, Searchable archives, sw archive |
| IBM | AIX-L | send “subscribe aix-l your name” to listserv@pucc.princeton.edu | — |
| AIX-L | Subscribe at OpenITx AIX-L archive site | — | |
| Netscape Enterprise Server | nes-managers-l | Send “subscribe nes-managers-l your-email-address” to majordomo@lists.veritel.com.br | — |
| Network Appliance Development Community | — | networkapps.org | an informal Internet-based community of developers and staff that work to design, develop, and maintain network appliances |
| Legato NetWorker | networker | Subscribe and search the archives at listmail.temple.edu | Searchable Archives |
| RedHat | axp-list | send “subscribe” to axp-list-request@redhat.com | — |
| Oracle | oracle-l | Send “subscribe oracle-l” to listserv@kbs.net | — |
| oracledba | Send “subscribe oracledba” to majordomo@themailinglist.net | — | |
| SGI | info-iris | ask info-iris-request@arl.mil | high volume. duplicates comp.sys.sgi.* newsgroups |
| Sybase | Sybase-l | send “subscribe sybase-l” to sybase@listserv.ucsb.edu | Miscellaneous Sybase lists, some traffic |
| inews-system11 | send “subscribe inews-system11” to majordomo@sybase.com | Good Sybase technical news. You can also subscribe at Sybase i.news. | |
| Sybase/Sybperl | sybperl-l | send “subscribe sybperl-l” to listproc@list.cren.net to sign up. Submissions to sybperl-l@listproc.net | — |
| sybperl-announce | sybperl-announce-request@peppler.org to subscribe, submissions to sybperl-announce@peppler.org | Sybperl new releases and bug fixes only. Low traffic. Moderated by Michael Peppler (author/maintainer). | |
| Sybase on Linux | ase-linux-list@isug.com | Subscribe at ISUG | — |
| Sun | isp-solaris | Subscribe at ISP-Lists.ISP-Planet.com | For ISP technicians, network or system administrators to discuss using Solaris. Searchable archives, resources |
| sunmanagers | Subscribe at www.sunmanagers.org | Current archive, FAQ and List Policies (sunmanagers.org), Sun Managers Read Before Posting. Batched daily digest available. High volume but very useful. Current searchable archives at: theaimsgroup.com, netsys.com, latech.edu, cjb.net. | |
| solarisonintel | send message to solarisonintel-subscribe@egroups.com or join at the solarisonintel web site. | Searchable archives | |
| solarisdev | Subscribe at eGroups | For people who are interested in playing with / developing / modifying the source code for Sun’s Solaris operating system. | |
| Tru64 | tru64-unix-managers | send “subscribe tru64-unix-managers” to majordomo@ornl.gov | Mailing list archive, list info and rules and Searchable Mailing List Archive |
| Veritas | veritas-* (Veritas Products) | Subscribe at mailman.eng.auburn.edu | Searchable archives |