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 ## Contributing
 
-Discussion and patches: [~eliasnaur/gio-dev@lists.sr.ht](mailto:~eliasnaur/gio-dev@lists.sr.ht).
+Post discussion and patches to the mailing list,
+[~eliasnaur/gio-dev@lists.sr.ht](mailto:~eliasnaur/gio-dev@lists.sr.ht). A Sourcehut account is only
+required if you want to [subscribe](https://lists.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio-dev) to new posts.
 
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