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can't register for the newsletter

shawn
I just posted a new post http://wordpress-hackers.1065353.n5.nabble.com/One-codebase-gt-many-sites-pt-50-lol-td41936.html

It says I am not subscribed to the mailing list, but every time I click subscribe, I get an email saying the mail couldn't be delivered and it seems that it won't register me to the list which I DO WANT to join anyhow!

Is the system broken, or am I just missing something?

I would expect the mailing list signup email confirmation to have some kind of link for me to click just like the registration emails do, but nada, nothing to click, just an error email

Here is an example email I get (my email redacted of course)

Would a system admin please manually register me so that my post will get posted and sent out, and so that I am added to the list please?


This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
 
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
 
  wp-hackers-request@lists.automattic.com
    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<wp-hackers-request@lists.automattic.com>:
    host lists.automattic.com [66.155.40.237]: 550 5.1.1 <wp-hackers-request@lists.automattic.com>:
    Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table
 
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------
 
Return-path: <myemail@hotmail.com>
Received: from [192.168.236.26] (helo=sam.nabble.com)
        by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72)
        (envelope-from <myemail@hotmail.com>)
        id 1V5tix-0006MM-SB
        for wp-hackers-request@lists.automattic.com; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 01:31:35 -0700
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 01:31:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: shawn <myemail@hotmail.com>
To: wp-hackers-request@lists.automattic.com
Message-ID: <5435192.30368.1375605095869.JavaMail.nabble@sam.nabble.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.236.26
X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: myemail@hotmail.com
X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on sam.nabble.com); SAEximRunCond expanded to false
 
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Re: can't register for the newsletter

GregChapman
shawn wrote
I just posted a new post http://wordpress-hackers.1065353.n5.nabble.com/One-codebase-gt-many-sites-pt-50-lol-td41936.html

It says I am not subscribed to the mailing list, but every time I click subscribe, I get an email saying the mail couldn't be delivered and it seems that it won't register me to the list which I DO WANT to join anyhow!

Is the system broken, or am I just missing something?
You're missing something!

It appears that you have subscribed to the Nabble archive of the mail list. That allows you to see past posts sent through the mail list and to receive any posts made to the mail list. However, that is NOT  a subscription to the mail list itself. Hence the message you get.
I would expect the mailing list signup email confirmation to have some kind of link for me to click just like the registration emails do, but nada, nothing to click, just an error email
On the archive home page it says:

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This forum is an archive for the mailing list wp-hackers@lists.automattic.com (more options) Messages posted here will be sent to this mailing list.
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As pointed out above, that is misleading as it assumes that you are already a subscriber to the mail list before you register at the archive.

Follow the "More options" link and you will find a link that should subscribe you to the list itself.
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