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<p class="lead">
  The Gentoo free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering a variety of Gentoo-related subjects.
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<p>
  This page lists the most important lists with the most traffic.
  There are other, more specialized lists that might be more appropriate depending on the topic.
</p>

<h2>Main Lists</h2>

<h3>gentoo-user</h3>
<p>
  This is our main support and general talk mailing list.
</p>
<p>
  <a href="mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" title="Post to this list" class="btn btn-primary"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-send"></span> Post to gentoo-user</a>
  <a href="mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org" title="Subscribe to this list" class="btn btn-default"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-plus-square"></span> Subscribe to gentoo-user</a>
  <a href="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/" title="Archives of this list" class="btn btn-default"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Browse Archives</a>
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<h3>gentoo-dev</h3>
<p>
  General Gentoo developer discussion mailing list
</p>
<p>
  <a href="mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org" title="Post to this list" class="btn btn-primary"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-send"></span> Post to gentoo-dev</a>
  <a href="mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org" title="Subscribe to this list" class="btn btn-default"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-plus-square"></span> Subscribe to gentoo-dev</a>
  <a href="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/" title="Archives of this list" class="btn btn-default"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Browse Archives</a>
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<hr>

<h3>gentoo-announce</h3>
<p>
  General Gentoo announcements list (new releases, security fixes)
</p>
<p>
  <a href="mailto:gentoo-announce+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org" title="Subscribe to this list" class="btn btn-primary"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-plus-square"></span> Subscribe to gentoo-announce</a>
  <a href="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-announce/" title="Archives of this list" class="btn btn-default"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Browse Archives</a>
</p>
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<h2>Archives</h2>

<p>
  All of our public mailing lists are archived in the Gentoo Archives:
  <br>
  <a href="http://archives.gentoo.org" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Gentoo Archives</a>
</p>

<p>
  The following sites also host archives of the mailing lists:
  <br>
  <a href="http://news.gmane.org/search.php?match=gentoo" class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Gmane</a>
  <a href="https://marc.info/?w=2&r=1&s=gentoo&q=l" class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> MARC: Mailing list ARChives</a>
  <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=all&q=gentoo&e=listname" class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-archive"></span> Mail-Archive</a>
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