> Now that you say that adding the new address as a subscriber to
> emacs-elpa-diffs does seem like a very nice and tidy solution. GOOD IDEA! I
> wish I had thought of it earlier! :-)
>
> Assuming that lists.gnu.org can connect to elpa.gnu.org. Therefore I tested
> it now and that does work.
>
> list@lists1p:~$ nc elpa.gnu.org 25
> 220 elpa.fsf.org ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
> quit
> 221 2.0.0 Bye
Duh!
It does work indeed. Not sure why I didn't try this first!
Can't believe it was that simple!
Sorry 'bout the noise and thanks for your help as always,
Stefan
