=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/mail.html,v retrieving revision 1.163 retrieving revision 1.164 diff -u -r1.163 -r1.164 --- www/mail.html 2019/05/03 02:41:25 1.163 +++ www/mail.html 2019/05/27 22:55:21 1.164 @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ - - - + + + + OpenBSD: Mailing Lists - - - - - -

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-OpenBSD -Mailing Lists +OpenBSD +Mailing Lists

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Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and developers of OpenBSD. With the exception of announce, the lists are not moderated. @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@

Netiquette

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Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.

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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 +the relevant documents, such as the INSTALL.* text files in the installation directories, the FAQ and the relevant man pages (start with afterboot(8)). @@ -109,13 +110,14 @@

Spam

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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. +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 -send a copy to the list owner -- chances are he's already seen it. +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, as this will result in the list server being added to their RBL. @@ -133,6 +135,7 @@

General interest lists

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These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.

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Developer lists

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These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD. They are NOT for beginners or average users, they are not for problem reporting (unless you are including a good fix) and they are not for @@ -201,7 +203,7 @@

tech@openbsd.org
Discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced users. -This is not a "tech support" forum - do not use it as such. +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.
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Platform-specific lists

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These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual platforms. @@ -324,16 +327,17 @@

Managing list membership via Majordomo

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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 +at openbsd.org, send the command lists in the body of a message to majordomo@openbsd.org.

To subscribe to a given list, send mail to majordomo@openbsd.org -with a message body of "subscribe mailing-list-name" (where -mailing-list-name is the name of your preferred list). +with a message body of "subscribe mailing-list-name" (where +mailing-list-name is the name of your preferred list).

For further assistance, send a message body of "help" to @@ -343,11 +347,13 @@

Managing list membership via the web

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

Mailing list tricks

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There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either by the web interface or through Majordomo. @@ -365,26 +371,28 @@ delivery by the mail server for the time of your vacation and have delivery automatically resume upon your scheduled return using the command: -

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 set ALL nomail-14d
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This will suspend your subscription to all mailing lists for 14 days -(-14d). +(-14d). More details and options can be seen on the Majordomo overview page.

Digests

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If you would prefer to see a "digest" (a consolidated listing of all the messages for a time period), rather than getting messages individually in "real-time" form, you can use the commands: -

-set misc digest-daily
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+set misc digest-daily

 set source-changes digest-weekly
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+ for daily digests of the misc list, and weekly digests of the source-changes list. @@ -392,6 +400,7 @@

Other mailing lists

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The fine folks at squish.net run mailing lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD source-changes and ports-changes mailing list. @@ -406,6 +415,7 @@

Non-English lists

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Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available separately. Here is a list of the currently known mailing lists: @@ -435,7 +445,3 @@
To subscribe, send an empty message to openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua - -

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