If you want to join an e-zine or discussion group list, you 'subscribe' This adds your e-mail address to a mailing list Subscribing is usually free When you want to leave the list, you 'unsubscribe'
To join a discussion group, interest group, listserv list, or mailing list You use this term when writing commands to join such a group and to list a Usenet newsgroup on your newsreader
pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"
If you subscribe to an online newsgroup or service, you send a message saying that you wish to receive it or belong to it. Usenet is a collection of discussion groups, known as newsgroups, to which anybody can subscribe
If you subscribe to an opinion or belief, you are one of a number of people who have this opinion or belief. I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other
Same a subscribing to a newspaper, but for e-mail on the web Sometimes used to subscribe to a service, like stock reports Usually requires assigning a user name and a password
When you subscribe to a newsgroup, your newsgroup software (Netscape Collabra, for instance) keeps track of that newsgroup for you, and remembers what messages you've already read It's free
If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly. My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science
adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day" offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares
When you subscribe to a newsgroup, your newsgroup software keeps track of that newsgroup for you, and remembers what messages you've already read It's free Find out more about newsgroups
Used with mailing lists and newsgroups When you subscribe to a mailing list, your name is added to the list of recipients for any mailings to the list To remove your name you unsubscribe When you subscribe to a newsgroup you are simply adding the list the shortlist of groups that you are particularly interested Most newsgroup leaders allow you to view the groups which you have subscribed to so that you can go to them quickly instead of having to search for them every time So they work like favorites/bookmarks do on the web
{f} (Computers) sign up, inform a newsgroup program that a user wants to regularly read a certain newsgroup; inform a mailing list server that a user wants to read a certain group
To add a newsgroup to the list of groups you want to read If you subscribe to a group, that newsgroup will appear every time you open your newsreader See unsubscribe
A person who is "on" a mailing list - that is, who receives mail addressed to that list - is said to be subscribed to that list To add oneself to a mailing list is to subscribe to it
To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond
Someone who has joined an email discussion list is referred to as a subscriber The process of joining is called subscribing and is accomplished by sending a sub command to the list processor The subscribe command for ListProc has the following format: sub listname yourname More information about subscribing is available on the Participating in email discussion lists page
Commonly refers to the act of selecting a network newsgroup as one you want to read on a regular basis or of sending a request to join a mailing list (discussion group) that interest you The opposite action is called "unsubscribing"