As those with ears for IT-related happenings, you may have heard we're in the process of overhauling the mailing lists associated with TechShop RDU. Everything is basically done, and a (very) small band of volunteers has been testing the basic functionality with me. Before we turn things loose to 200x as many people, I'd like to slightly (but quickly) ramp up the testing.

So although this may fall on deaf ears for forum-goers, if you're willing to help TechShop test this new tool, please...

• Go to the main page of the TechShop RDU website (http://techshoprdu.com)
• Click the "Mailing List Subscriptions" link on the left side menu
• There are two options here (try both!)
  1. Signup and/or manage the official broadcast/newsletter subscriptions by typing your email address in the box. Follow any directions on the resulting page (you'll probably need to confirm changes by checking your email).
  2. Click the link named http://lists.techshoprdu.com/ to sign up for the "TSRDU-Talk" general discussion list. This list is similar to the type of discussions we have here on the forum (but email based).
• Reply in the forum or send me mail to indicate which address you used to sign up. I only need this during the testing phase to verify. It is not part of the normal procedure.

Note that we've been having some inconsistent behavior relating to Yahoo's anti-spam system. If you sign up for any of these new lists, please double check your spam folder for confirmations/messages. Please mark them as "not spam" if you find one there.

And of course, let me know if anything is unclear or goes wonky during the process. The better things work, the more successful we'll be in bringing TechShop to the world.

- Jeff (email: jeff at schornick dot org)