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--- a/docs/MANUAL
+++ b/docs/MANUAL
@@ -800,19 +800,39 @@ PERSISTANT CONNECTIONS
 MAILING LISTS
 
   For your convenience, we have several open mailing lists to discuss curl,
-  its development and things relevant to this.
+  its development and things relevant to this. Get all info at
+  http://curl.haxx.se/mail/. The lists available are:
 
-  To subscribe to the curl-users list, follow the the instructions
-  at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/
+  curl-users
 
-  To subscribe to the curl-library users/deverlopers list, follow the
-  instructions at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/
+    Users of the command line tool. How to use it, what doesn't work, new
+    features, related tools, questions, news, installations, compilations,
+    running, porting etc.
 
-  To subscribe to the curl-announce list, to only get information about new
-  releases, follow the instructions at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/
+  curl-library
 
-  To subscribe to the curl-and-PHP list in which curl using with PHP is
-  discussed, follow the instructions at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/
+    Developers using or developing libcurl. Bugs, extensions, improvements.
+
+  curl-announce
+
+    Low-traffic. Only announcements of new public versions.
+
+  curl-and-PHP
+
+    Using the curl functions in PHP. Everything curl with a PHP angle. Or PHP
+    with a curl angle.
+
+  curl-commits
+
+    Receives notifications on all CVS commits done to the curl source module.
+    This can become quite a large amount of mails during intense development,
+    be aware. This is for us who liks email...
+
+  curl-www-commits
+
+    Receives notifications on all CVS commits done to the curl www module
+    (basicly the web site).  This can become quite a large amount of mails
+    during intense changing, be aware. This is for us who liks email...
 
   Please direct curl questions, feature requests and trouble reports to one of
   these mailing lists instead of mailing any individual.