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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.
-- Plain text, 72 characters per line
+
- Plain text, 72 characters per line.
- Many subscribers and developers read their mail on text-based mailers
like mail(1),
emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
They will be removed from messages on the others.
-
- Do your homework before you post
+
- 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
installation directories, the FAQ and the
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
lists for the fifth time in a month.
-
- Include a useful Subject line
+
- Include a useful Subject line.
- 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
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
messages a day will have no idea.
-
- Trim your signature
+
- Trim your signature.
- 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.
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
for public mailing lists.
-
- Stay on topic
+
- Stay on topic.
- Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD.
-
- Include important information
+
- Include important information.
- 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
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
stickers are on the outside.
-
- Respect differences in opinion and philosophy
+
- Respect differences in opinion and philosophy.
- 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
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
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 not submit spam received through the
-mailing lists to spamcop,
+mailing lists to spamcop,
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.
@@ -133,59 +133,53 @@
smtpd.conf(5) for how
to do this.
-
General interest lists
+General Interest Lists
These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.
- announce@openbsd.org
-
- Announcements and security advisories.
-
(Archive)
+- Announcements and security advisories.
- misc@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- User questions and answers, general questions.
This is the most active list.
Please read the FAQ and the installation
documents, and see how to report a problem
before posting.
-
-(Archive)
- advocacy@openbsd.org
-
- Promoting the use of OpenBSD.
-
(Archive)
+- Promoting the use of OpenBSD.
- ports@openbsd.org
-
- Discussions about using and contributing to the ports tree.
-
(Archive)
+- Discussions about using and contributing to the ports tree.
- misc@opensmtpd.org
+(Archive)
- General discussions, issues and ideas about native and portable OpenSMTPD.
Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on
Github.
To subscribe there,
follow instructions from the OpenSMTPD website.
-
-(Archive)
- users@openbgpd.org
+(Archive)
- General discussions, issues and ideas about native and portable OpenBGPD.
Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on
Github.
-
-(Archive)
-Developer lists
+Developer Lists
These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD.
@@ -198,30 +192,27 @@
- bugs@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- Bug reports as sent in via
sendbug(1) and follow-up discussion.
-
-(Archive)
- tech@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- Discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced users.
This is not 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.
-
-(Archive)
- libressl@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- Technical discussion about native and portable LibreSSL.
Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on
Github.
-
-(Archive)
-Reporting security issues
+Reporting Security Issues
These private addresses are for reporting vulnerabilities to the OpenBSD team.
@@ -239,7 +230,7 @@
- Report vulnerabilities related to OpenSMTPD.
-Platform-specific lists
+Platform-Specific Lists
These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual
@@ -247,49 +238,37 @@
- alpha@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/alpha port.
-
(Archive)
+- OpenBSD/alpha port.
- arm@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/armv7 and OpenBSD/arm64 ports.
-
(Archive)
+- OpenBSD/armv7 and OpenBSD/arm64 ports.
- hppa@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/hppa port.
-
(Archive)
+- OpenBSD/hppa port.
- m88k@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/luna88k port.
-
(Archive)
+- OpenBSD/luna88k port.
- ppc@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts.
-
(Archive)
+- OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts.
-
- sgi@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/sgi port.
-
-(Archive)
-
-
- sparc@openbsd.org
-
- OpenBSD/sparc64 port.
-
(Archive)
+- 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
@@ -297,21 +276,19 @@
- source-changes@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the
src
,
xenocara
and www
repositories.
-
-(Archive)
- ports-changes@openbsd.org
+(Archive)
- Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the
ports
repository.
-
-(Archive)
-Mirror-related lists
+Mirror-Related Lists
Announcements and discussion relating to mirrors
of OpenBSD.
@@ -331,7 +308,7 @@
to collect mail addresses of mirror admins. -->
-Managing list membership via Majordomo
+Managing List Membership via Majordomo
If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available
@@ -351,13 +328,13 @@
and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.
Your domain must resolve properly or the mail will not go through!
-
Managing list membership via the 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 list tricks
+Mailing List Tricks
There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either
@@ -388,7 +365,7 @@
Majordomo overview page.
-
Digests
+Digests
If you would prefer to see a "digest" (a consolidated listing of all the
@@ -404,16 +381,17 @@
source-changes list.
Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one Majordomo email.
-
Other mailing lists
+Other Mailing Lists
-
-The insomniac at
-benzedrine.ch maintains the pf list for people using the
-OpenBSD packet filter.
-To subscribe, send an email with the message body of "subscribe" to
+
pf@benzedrine.ch
+(Archive)
+Discussions about the OpenBSD packet filter.
+To subscribe, send an email with a message body of "subscribe" to
pf-request@benzedrine.ch.
+More info here.
+
-Non-English lists
+Non-English Lists
Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available
@@ -428,11 +406,10 @@
French:
blabla@openbsd.fr.eu.org
+(Archive)
To subscribe, send a message to
blabla+subscribe@openbsd.fr.eu.org
-
-(Archive)
Spanish: