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Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.

<dl>

<dt><b>Plain text, 72 characters per line</b>

<dt><b>Plain text, 72 characters per line.</b>

<dd>Many subscribers and developers read their mail on text-based mailers

like <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mail">mail(1)</a>,

emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that

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They will be removed from messages on the others.

<p>

<dt><b>Do your homework before you post</b>

<dt><b>Do your homework before you post.</b>

<dd>If you have an installation question, make sure that you have read

the relevant documents, such as the <code>INSTALL.*</code> text files in the

installation directories, the <a href="faq/index.html">FAQ</a> and the

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lists for the fifth time in a month.

<p>

<dt><b>Include a useful Subject line</b>

<dt><b>Include a useful Subject line.</b>

<dd>Messages with an empty Subject will get bounced to the list manager and

will take longer to show up.

Including a relevant Subject in the message will ensure that more people

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messages a day will have no idea.

<p>

<dt><b>Trim your signature</b>

<dt><b>Trim your signature.</b>

<dd>Keep the signature lines at the bottom of your mail to a reasonable length.

PGP signatures and those automatic address cards are merely annoying and

are stripped out.

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for public mailing lists.

<p>

<dt><b>Stay on topic</b>

<dt><b>Stay on topic.</b>

<dd>Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD.

<p>

<dt><b>Include important information</b>

<dt><b>Include important information.</b>

<dd>Don't waste everyone's time with a hopelessly incomplete question.

No one other than you has the information needed to resolve your

problem, it is better to provide more information than needed than not

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stickers are on the outside.

<p>

<dt><b>Respect differences in opinion and philosophy</b>

<dt><b>Respect differences in opinion and philosophy.</b>

<dd>Intelligent people may look at the same set of facts and come to very

different conclusions.

Repeating the same points that didn't convince someone previously rarely

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If you get spam through one of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you don't need to

send a copy to the list owner — chances are he's already seen it.

Also, please do <b>not</b> submit spam received through the

mailing lists to <a href="http://spamcop.net">spamcop</a>,

mailing lists to <a href="https://www.spamcop.net">spamcop</a>,

as this will result in the list server being added to their RBL.

Complaining about and commenting upon spam on the list proper is

counter-productive, as it generates more traffic than the spam itself.

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<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.conf">smtpd.conf(5)</a> for how

to do this.

<h2 id="Lists">General interest lists</h2>

<h2 id="Lists">General Interest Lists</h2>

<p>

These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.

<dl>

<dt><b>announce@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>Announcements and security advisories.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce">Archive</a>)

<dd>Announcements and security advisories.

<p>

<dt><b>misc@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc">Archive</a>)

<dd>User questions and answers, general questions.

This is the most active list.

Please read <a href="faq/index.html">the FAQ</a> and the installation

documents, and see <a href="report.html">how to report a problem</a>

before posting.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>advocacy@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>Promoting the use of OpenBSD.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-advocacy">Archive</a>)

<dd>Promoting the use of OpenBSD.

<p>

<dt><b>ports@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>Discussions about using and contributing to the ports tree.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports">Archive</a>)

<dd>Discussions about using and contributing to the ports tree.

<p>

<dt><b>misc@opensmtpd.org</b>

(<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/misc@opensmtpd.org">Archive</a>)

<dd>General discussions, issues and ideas about native and portable OpenSMTPD.

Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on

<a href="https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD">Github</a>.

To subscribe there,

follow instructions from <a href="https://opensmtpd.org/list.html">the OpenSMTPD website</a>.

<br>

(<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/misc@opensmtpd.org">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>users@openbgpd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbgpd-users">Archive</a>)

<dd>General discussions, issues and ideas about native and portable OpenBGPD.

Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on

<a href="https://github.com/openbgpd-portable/openbgpd-portable">Github</a>.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbgpd-users">Archive</a>)

</dl>

<h3>Developer lists</h3>

<h2>Developer Lists</h2>

<p>

These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD.

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<dl>

<dt><b>bugs@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs">Archive</a>)

<dd>Bug reports as sent in via

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sendbug">sendbug(1)</a> and follow-up discussion.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>tech@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech">Archive</a>)

<dd>Discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced users.

This is <b>not</b> a "tech support" forum — do not use it as such.

OpenBSD developers will often make patches to implement new features

and other important changes available for public testing through this list.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>libressl@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=libressl">Archive</a>)

<dd>Technical discussion about native and portable LibreSSL.

Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on

<a href="https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable">Github</a>.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=libressl">Archive</a>)

</dl>

<h3>Reporting security issues</h3>

<h2>Reporting Security Issues</h2>

These private addresses are for reporting vulnerabilities to the OpenBSD team.

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<dd>Report vulnerabilities related to OpenSMTPD.

</dl>

<h3>Platform-specific lists</h3>

<h2>Platform-Specific Lists</h2>

<p>

These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual

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<dl>

<dt><b>alpha@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/alpha port.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-alpha">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/alpha port.

<p>

<dt><b>arm@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/armv7 and OpenBSD/arm64 ports.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-arm">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/armv7 and OpenBSD/arm64 ports.

<p>

<dt><b>hppa@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/hppa port.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-hppa">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/hppa port.

<p>

<dt><b>m88k@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/luna88k port.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-m88k">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/luna88k port.

<p>

<dt><b>ppc@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts.

<p>

<dt><b>sgi@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/sgi port.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-sgi">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>sparc@openbsd.org</b>

<dd>OpenBSD/sparc64 port.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-sparc">Archive</a>)

<dd>OpenBSD/sparc64 port.

</dl>

<h2>CVS changes mailing lists</h2>

<h2>CVS Changes Mailing Lists</h2>

Every time a developer commits a change to the OpenBSD CVS tree, a message

is mailed out to all the subscribers of these lists, containing the commit

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<dl>

<dt><b>source-changes@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs">Archive</a>)

<dd>Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the <code>src</code>,

<code>xenocara</code> and <code>www</code> repositories.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs">Archive</a>)

<p>

<dt><b>ports-changes@openbsd.org</b>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs">Archive</a>)

<dd>Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the <code>ports</code>

repository.

<br>

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs">Archive</a>)

</dl>

<h2 id="Mirrors">Mirror-related lists</h2>

<h2 id="Mirrors">Mirror-Related Lists</h2>

Announcements and discussion relating to <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>

of OpenBSD.

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to collect mail addresses of mirror admins. -->

</dl>

<h2 id="Majordomo">Managing list membership via Majordomo</h2>

<h2 id="Majordomo">Managing List Membership via Majordomo</h2>

<p>

If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available

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and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.

Your domain <b>must</b> resolve properly or the mail will not go through!

<h2 id="Web">Managing list membership via the web</h2>

<h2 id="Web">Managing List Membership via the Web</h2>

<p>

Your membership to the OpenBSD mailing lists can also be managed via

a web interface at <a href="https://lists.openbsd.org">lists.openbsd.org</a>.

<h2 id="Tricks">Mailing list tricks</h2>

<h2 id="Tricks">Mailing List Tricks</h2>

<p>

There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either

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Majordomo overview page</a>.

<h3>Digests</h3>

<h2>Digests</h2>

<p>

If you would prefer to see a "digest" (a consolidated listing of all the

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<b>source-changes</b> list.

Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one Majordomo email.

<h2 id="OtherLists">Other mailing lists</h2>

<h2 id="OtherLists">Other Mailing Lists</h2>

<p>

<dt><b>pf@benzedrine.ch</b>

The insomniac at <a href="https://www.benzedrine.ch/mailinglist.html">

(<a href="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-pf">Archive</a>)

benzedrine.ch</a> maintains the <b>pf</b> list for people using the

<dd>Discussions about the <a href=faq/pf/index.html>OpenBSD packet filter</a>.

<a href=faq/pf/index.html>OpenBSD packet filter</a>.

To subscribe, send an email with a message body of "subscribe" to

To subscribe, send an email with the message body of "subscribe" to

<a href="mailto:pf-request@benzedrine.ch">pf-request@benzedrine.ch</a>.

More info <a href="https://www.benzedrine.ch/mailinglist.html">here</a>.

</dd>

<h2 id="nonEnglish">Non-English lists</h2>

<h2 id="nonEnglish">Non-English Lists</h2>

<p>

Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available

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<p>

French:

<b>blabla@openbsd.fr.eu.org</b>

(<a href="https://openbsd.fr.eu.org/blabla/">Archive</a>)

<br>To subscribe, send a message to

blabla+subscribe@openbsd.fr.eu.org</a>

<br>

(<a href="https://openbsd.fr.eu.org/blabla/">Archive</a>)

<p>

Spanish: