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Netiquette

Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.

Plain text, 72 characters per line: Many subscribers and developers read their mail on text-based mailers -like mail(1), +like mail(1), emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that stretch beyond 72 characters) unreadable. Most OpenBSD mailing lists strip messages of MIME content before sending @@ -50,8 +53,7 @@ the relevant documents, such as the INSTALL.* text files in the installation directories, the FAQ and the relevant man pages (start with - -afterboot(8)). +afterboot(8)). Also check the mailing list archives. We want to help, but we wouldn't want to deprive you of a valuable learning experience, and no one wants to see the same question on the @@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ version of OpenBSD. Any hardware-related questions should mention the platform (i386, amd64, etc.) and provide a full -dmesg(8). +dmesg(8). Hardware model numbers, unfortunately, don't indicate much about the actual content of a particular machine or accessory, and are useless to anyone who doesn't have that exact machine sitting where they can easily @@ -110,16 +112,13 @@ appropriate list, it is usually because you provided insufficient or unclear information. Don't simply repost the same message. -

Spam

-The OpenBSD mailing lists use -spamd(8) -in greylisting mode as well as -SpamAssassin to keep down the spam volume, but things do sneak through -from time to time -- deal with it. +The OpenBSD lists use spamd(8) +and SpamAssassin to keep down the +spam volume, but things do sneak through from time to time -- deal with it. In addition, the list server also has regex-based rules to reject emails based on some common spam and virus telltales. If you get spam through one of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you don't need to @@ -136,12 +135,11 @@ In this case, you should use a smart host mail configuration that utilizes your ISP's mail server. See the examples in - -smtpd.conf(5) for how to do this. +smtpd.conf(5) for how +to do this. -

The Mailing Lists

General interest lists

General Interest Lists

These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.

@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ -

Developer's Lists

Developer lists

These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD. They are NOT for beginning or average users, they are not for problem @@ -179,7 +177,7 @@

bugs: Bug reports as sent in via -sendbug(1) +sendbug(1) and follow-up discussions.
tech @@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ github.

Security Lists

Security lists

These private lists are for reporting vulnerabilities to the OpenBSD team. @@ -207,9 +205,11 @@

libressl-security

Report vulnerabilities related to OpenSSL or LibreSSL to the core LibreSSL team. +

security +

Report vulnerabilities related to OpenBSD. -

Platform-specific Lists

Platform-specific lists

These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual platforms. @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@

OpenBSD/sparc64 port -

CVS Changes Mailing Lists

CVS changes mailing lists

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 @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@

Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the ports repository. -

Mirror-related Mailing Lists

Mirror-related lists

Announcements and discussion relating to mirrors of OpenBSD. @@ -265,8 +265,7 @@

Discussion relating to OpenBSD mirrors. -

Managing Mailing List -Membership via Majordomo

Managing list membership via Majordomo

If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available at openbsd.org, send the command lists in the body of @@ -283,15 +282,14 @@ For further assistance, send a message body of "help" to majordomo@OpenBSD.org and you will receive a reply outlining all your options. -Your domain MUST resolve properly or the mail will not go through! +Your domain must resolve properly or the mail will not go through! -

Managing Mailing List Membership -via Web

Managing list membership via the web

Your membership to the OpenBSD mailing lists can also be managed via a web interface at lists.openbsd.org. -

Mailing Lists Tricks

Mailing list tricks

There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either by the web interface or through @@ -335,15 +333,12 @@ source-changes list. Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one Majordomo email. -

Other Mailing -Lists

Other Mailing Lists

-The fine folks at -squish.net run mailing -lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD source-changes +The fine folks at squish.net run +mailing lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD source-changes and ports-changes mailing list. -This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these -lists. +This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these lists.

The insomniac at @@ -352,8 +347,7 @@ To subscribe, send an email with the message body of "subscribe" to pf-request@benzedrine.ch. -

Non-English -Lists

Non-English lists

Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available separately. @@ -406,8 +400,7 @@ openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua -

Mailing List -Archives:

Mailing list archives

These mailing list archives are not managed by the OpenBSD project.