Mailing Lists
! Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and developers
! of OpenBSD. With the exception of announce, the lists are not moderated.
! We deliberately restrict the number of different mailing lists. This helps reduce the
! amount of cross-posting and makes sure that the information gets distributed to a
! wide audience.
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Netiquette
!! Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists. !
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- Plain text, 72 characters per line !
- Many subscribers read their mail on text-based mailers (/bin/mail, emacs) and they ! find HTML-formatted messages, or lines that stretch beyond 72 characters often ! unreadable. MIME encapsulated enclosures also cause problems. Only send non-text ! if you have received the OK from the intended recipient. We realise that many ! newcomers are stuck with Windows-based mailers that don't give them any control over ! what they send, but we ask that they make a conscious effort to switch over as soon ! as possible to a more reader-friendly mailer. !
- Do your homework before you post !
- If you have an installation question, make sure that you have read the relevant ! documents such as the INSTALL.* text files in the FTP installation directories, the ! FAQ and the relevant man pages (start with ! afterboot(8)). Make sure you include relevant ! details (version, hardware, dmesg(8)) that will help in troubleshooting. We want to ! help, but we wouldn't want to deprive you of a valuable learning experience. !
- Trim your signature !
- Keep the signature lines at the bottom of your mail to a reasonable length. Posts ! are rarely critical enough to warrant a PGP signature, and those automatic address ! cards are merely annoying. !
- Stay on topic !
- Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD. !
The Mailing Lists
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- announce !
- Important announcements. This low volume list ! is excellent for people who just want occasional news about the project.
- misc !
- User questions and answers, general questions. This is the most active list. ! Please read the FAQ and the installation documents ! before you post.
- tech !
- Discussions about technical aspects of OpenBSD. Please ! direct 'new user' and installation-related questions ! to misc. Please do not cross-post to both misc and tech.
- bugs !
- Bug reports as sent in via sendbug(1) and follow-up discussions.
- source-changes !
- Automated mailout of CVS source tree changes.
- ports !
- Discussions about using and contributing to the 'ports' source tree.
- advocacy !
- Promoting the use of OpenBSD. Non-technical discussions in ! misc often get shunted here.
+ OpenBSD also maintains several lists specific to given architectures and special + projects. These lists are public in the sense that anyone can subscribe to them, but + they should be considered reserved for developers and testers. In keeping with + the openness principle of OpenBSD, there are no private mailing lists. + +
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+Non-English Lists
+! A ! Japanese-language mailing list related to OpenBSD is also available ! separately.
! A Polish-language mailing list related to OpenBSD is also available ! separately. To subscribe, send mail to ! OpenBSD-request@hack.pl.
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