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 BusyBox has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> for discussion and
 development.  You can subscribe by visiting
 <a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
+Only subscribers to the BusyBox mailing list are allowed to post
+to this list.
 
 <p>
 There is also a mailing list for <a href="/lists/busybox-cvs/">active developers</a>
 wishing to read the complete diff of each and every change to busybox -- not for the
 faint of heart.  Active developers can subscribe by visiting
 <a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox-cvs">this page</a>.
+The CVS server is the only one permtted to post to this list.
 
 <p>