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Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and |
Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and |
developers of OpenBSD. |
developers of OpenBSD. |
With the exception of <b>announce</b>, the lists are not moderated. |
With the exception of <b>announce</b>, the lists are not moderated |
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(but see below). |
We deliberately restrict the number of different mailing lists. |
We deliberately restrict the number of different mailing lists. |
This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that |
This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that |
the information gets distributed to a wide audience. |
the information gets distributed to a wide audience. |
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like <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mail">mail(1)</a>, |
like <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mail">mail(1)</a>, |
emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that |
emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that |
stretch beyond 72 characters) unreadable. |
stretch beyond 72 characters) unreadable. |
Most OpenBSD mailing lists strip messages of MIME content before sending |
Messages that do not include a plain text part will be summarily rejected. |
them out to the rest of the list. |
A small number of attachment types are allowed on the mailing lists to |
If you don't use plain text, your messages will be reformatted. |
support sending patches, shar files, images and small tar or zip files. |
If they cannot be reformatted, they will be summarily rejected. |
Other attachment types may cause messages to be send to the moderator |
The only mailing lists that allow file attachments are the <b>bugs</b>, |
for approval. |
<b>ports</b> and <b>tech</b> lists. |
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They will be removed from messages on the others. |
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<dt><b>Do your homework before you post.</b> |
<dt><b>Do your homework before you post.</b> |
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<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. |
<dd>Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD. |
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Users who post off-topic messages may find that their messages |
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are sent to the moderator for approval before being posted (or dropped). |
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Posts containing bullying or abusive language may also result in a |
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user's subsequent messages being sent to a moderator for approval. |
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Repeat offenders will have their messages silently dropped. |
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<dt><b>Include important information.</b> |
<dt><b>Include important information.</b> |