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This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that

the information gets distributed to a wide audience.

<a name="Netiquette"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Netiquette</font></h2>

<h2 id="Netiquette">Netiquette</h2>

Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

relevant man pages (start with

<a href= "http://man.openbsd.org/afterboot">afterboot(8)</a>).

afterboot(8)</a>).

Also check the mailing list <a href="#Archives">archives</a>.

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

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version</a> of OpenBSD.

Any hardware-related questions should mention the platform (i386, amd64,

etc.) and provide a full

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dmesg">dmesg(8)</a>.

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/dmesg">dmesg(8)</a>.

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

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appropriate list, it is usually because you provided insufficient or unclear

information.

Don't simply repost the same message.

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The OpenBSD mailing lists use

The OpenBSD lists use <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/spamd">spamd(8)</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamd">spamd(8)</a>

and <a href="http://www.spamassassin.org">SpamAssassin</a> to keep down the

in greylisting mode as well as <a href="http://www.spamassassin.org">

spam volume, but things do sneak through from time to time -- deal with it.

SpamAssassin</a> 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

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In this case, you should use a <em>smart host</em> mail configuration

that utilizes your ISP's mail server.

See the examples in

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

smtpd.conf(5)</a> for how to do this.

to do this.

<a name="Lists"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">The Mailing Lists</font></h2>

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

<h3>General Interest Lists</h3>

These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.

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<h3>Developer's Lists</h3>

<h3>Developer lists</h3>

These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD.

They are NOT for beginning or average users, they are not for problem

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<dd><a href="report.html">Bug reports</a> as sent in via

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sendbug">sendbug(1)</a>

<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/sendbug">sendbug(1)</a>

and follow-up discussions.

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

</dl>

<h3>Security Lists</h3>

<h3>Security lists</h3>

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

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<dt><b>libressl-security</b>

<dd>Report vulnerabilities related to OpenSSL or LibreSSL to the core

LibreSSL team.

<dt><b>security</b>

<dd>Report vulnerabilities related to OpenBSD.

</dl>

<h3>Platform-specific Lists</h3>

<h3>Platform-specific lists</h3>

These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual

platforms.

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<dd>OpenBSD/sparc64 port

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<h3>CVS Changes Mailing Lists</h3>

<h3>CVS changes mailing lists</h3>

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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<dd>Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the ports repository.

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<a name="Mirrors"></a><h3>Mirror-related Mailing Lists</h3>

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

Announcements and discussion relating to mirrors of OpenBSD.

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<dd>Discussion relating to OpenBSD mirrors.

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<a name="Majordomo"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List

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

Membership via Majordomo</font></h2>

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

at openbsd.org, send the command <tt>lists</tt> in the body of

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For further assistance, send a message body of "help" to

<a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>

and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.

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

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

<a name="Web"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List Membership

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

via Web</font></h2>

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>.

<a name="Tricks"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing Lists Tricks</font></h2>

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

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

by the <a href="https://lists.openbsd.org">web interface</a> or through

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

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

<a name="OtherLists"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Other Mailing

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

Lists</font></h2>

The fine folks at

The fine folks at <a href="http://www.squish.net/openbsd/">squish.net</a> run

<a href="http://www.squish.net/openbsd/">squish.net</a> run mailing

mailing lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD <b>source-changes</b>

lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD <b>source-changes</b>

and <b>ports-changes</b> mailing list.

This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these

This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these lists.

lists.

<p>

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

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

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

<a name="nonEnglish"></a> <h2><font color="#e00000">Non-English

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

Lists</font></h2>

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

separately.

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openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua</a>

<a name="Archives"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing List

<h2 id="Archives">Mailing list archives</h2>

Archives:</font></h2>

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