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1.66 nick 18: <h1><font color="#e00000">Mailing Lists</font></h1>
1.57 horacio 19: <hr>
1.7 downsj 20:
1.66 nick 21: Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and
22: developers of OpenBSD. With the exceptions of <b>announce</b> and
1.70 nick 23: <b>security-announce</b>, the lists are not moderated. We deliberately
1.66 nick 24: restrict the number of different mailing lists.
25: This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that the
26: information gets distributed to a wide audience.
27:
1.28 louis 28: <p>
1.66 nick 29: <a name="Netiquette"></a>
30: <h2><font color="#e00000">Netiquette</font></h2>
1.28 louis 31: <p>
32: Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.
33: <dl>
1.66 nick 34: <dt><b>Plain text, 72 characters per line</b>
35: <dd>Many subscribers and developers read their mail on text-based mailers
36: (mail(1), emacs, Mutt)
1.45 millert 37: and they find HTML-formatted messages, or lines that stretch beyond 72
38: characters often unreadable.
39: Most OpenBSD mailing lists strip messages of MIME content before
40: sending them out to the rest of the list.
41: If you don't use plain text your messages will be reformatted or,
42: if they cannot be reformatted, summarily rejected.
1.66 nick 43: The only mailing list that allows attachments is the <b>ports</b> list,
1.45 millert 44: they will be removed from messages on the other mailing lists.
1.66 nick 45:
46: <dt><b>Do your homework before you post</b>
1.28 louis 47: <dd>If you have an installation question, make sure that you have read the relevant
48: documents such as the INSTALL.* text files in the FTP installation directories, the
1.57 horacio 49: <a href="faq/index.html">FAQ</a> and the relevant man pages (start with
1.66 nick 50: <a href= "http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=afterboot&sektion=8">afterboot(8)</a>),
51: and check the mailing list <a href="#Archives">archives</a>.
52: We want to help, but we wouldn't want to deprive you of a valuable
53: learning experience, and no one wants to see the same question on the
54: lists for the fifth time in a month.
55:
56: <dt><b>Include a useful Subject line</b>
1.45 millert 57: <dd>Messages with an empty Subject will get bounced to the list manager and
1.57 horacio 58: so they will take longer to show up. Including a relevant Subject in the message
1.45 millert 59: will ensure that more people actually read what you've written.
60: Also, avoid Subject lines with excessive capitalization.
1.96 jmc 61: "Help!" or "I can't get it to work!" are not useful subject lines.
1.66 nick 62: Do not change the subject line while on the same topic. YOU may know
63: what it is regarding, the rest of us who get several hundred messages a
64: day will have no idea.
65:
66: <dt><b>Trim your signature</b>
67: <dd>Keep the signature lines at the bottom of your mail to a reasonable
68: length. PGP signatures, and those automatic address cards are merely
69: annoying and are stripped out. Legal disclaimers and advisories are
70: very annoying, and inappropriate to public mailing lists.
71:
72: <dt><b>Stay on topic</b>
1.28 louis 73: <dd>Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD.
1.66 nick 74:
75: <dt><b>Include important information</b>
76: <dd>Don't waste everyone's time with a hopelessly incomplete question.
77: No one other than you has the information needed to resolve your
78: problem, it is better to provide more information than needed than one
79: detail too little. Any question should include at least the
80: <a href="faq/faq5.html#Flavors">version</a> of OpenBSD (i.e.,
81: "3.2-stable", "3.3-current as of July 20, 2003"). Any hardware related
1.69 nick 82: questions should mention the platform (i.e., sparc,
1.66 nick 83: alpha, etc.), and provide a full
1.70 nick 84: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8">dmesg(8)</a>.
1.66 nick 85: Hardware model numbers, unfortunately, don't indicate much about the
86: actual content of a particular machine or accessory, and are useless to
87: anyone who doesn't have that exact machine sitting where they can easily
88: recognize it. The dmesg(8) tells us exactly what is IN your machine,
89: not what stickers are on the outside.
90:
91: <dt><b>Respect differences in opinion and philosophy</b>
92: <dd>Intelligent people may look at the same set of facts and come to
93: very different conclusions. Repeating the same points that didn't
94: convince someone previously rarely changes their mind and irritates all
95: the other readers.
96:
97: <dt><b>Do not cross-post or repeat post</b>
98: <dd>Posting the same message to multiple lists and/or multiple times
99: does not increase the likelihood of getting a useful response, but is
100: likely to irritate the people you want to help you. If you didn't get a
101: satisfactory response the first time you posted to an appropriate list,
102: it is usually because you provided insufficient or unclear information.
103: Don't simply repost the same message.
104:
1.28 louis 105: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 106:
1.33 millert 107: <p>
1.66 nick 108: <a name="spam"></a>
109: <h2><font color="#e00000">Spam</font></h2>
1.33 millert 110: <p>
1.66 nick 111: The OpenBSD mailing lists use
1.78 millert 112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a> in greylisting mode as well as
1.66 nick 113: <a href="http://www.spamassassin.org">SpamAssassin</a> to keep down the
1.87 millert 114: spam volume but things do sneak through--deal with it.
1.66 nick 115: In addition, the list server also has regex-based rules to reject
1.87 millert 116: based on some common spam and virus telltales.
117: If you get spam through one of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you don't need to
118: send a copy to the list owner--chances are he's already seen it.
119: Also, please do <b>not</b> submit spam received through the
120: mailing lists to <a href="http://spamcop.net">spamcop</a>
121: as this will result in the list server being added to their RBL.
122: Complaining about and commenting upon spam on the list proper
123: is counter-productive as it generates more traffic than the spam itself.
124: <p>
1.77 millert 125: Note that if you are sending mail from a dynamic IP address you
126: will probably <b>not</b> be able to post to the mailing lists.
127: In this case you should use a <em>smart host</em> sendmail configuration
128: that utilizes your ISP's mail server. See the comments in
129: <tt>/usr/share/sendmail/cf/openbsd-proto.mc</tt> for how to do this.
1.66 nick 130:
131:
132: <a name="Lists"></a>
133: <h2><font color="#e00000">The Mailing Lists</font></h2>
1.33 millert 134:
1.66 nick 135: <h3>General Interest Lists</h3>
136: These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 137: <dl>
1.66 nick 138:
139: <dt><b>misc</b>
140: <dd>User questions and answers, general questions. This is the most
141: active list. Please, <a href="faq/index.html">read the FAQ</a> and the
142: installation documents, and see <a href="report.html">How to report a
143: Problem</a> before posting.
144:
145: <dt><b>advocacy</b>
146: <dd>Promoting the use of OpenBSD. Non-technical discussions in
147: <i>misc</i> often get shunted here.
148:
149: <dt><b>announce</b>
150: <dd>Important announcements. This low volume list is excellent for
151: people who just want occasional news about the project.
152:
153: <dt><b>security-announce</b>
1.31 millert 154: <dd>Security announcements. This low volume list receives OpenBSD
155: security advisories and pointers to security patches as they become
156: available.
1.66 nick 157:
158: <dt><b>ports</b>
159: <dd>Discussions about using and contributing to the 'ports' source tree.
160:
161: <dt><b>www</b>
162: <dd>Discussion of the OpenBSD Website.</dd>
163: </dl>
164:
165: <h3>Developer's Lists</h3>
166: These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD. They
167: are NOT for beginning or average users, they are not for problem
168: reporting (unless you are including a good fix), and they are not for
169: installation problems. If you have any question about if a message
170: should be posted to any of these lists, almost invariably, it should not
171: be. Use <b>misc</b>, above, instead. <b>Please</b> do not cross post
172: to multiple lists.
173:
174: <dl>
175: <dt><b>bugs</b>
1.57 horacio 176: <dd><a href="report.html">Bug reports</a> as sent in via
1.66 nick 177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendbug&sektion=1">sendbug(1)</a>
178: and follow-up discussions. If you wish to have your message logged
179: by the <a href="query-pr.html">GNATS</a> bug tracking system, reply
180: to <i>gnats@openbsd.org</i>, gnats@ will then forward to <i>bugs@</i>.
181:
182: <dt><b>ipv6</b>
183: <dd>Discussion of IPv6 and IPsec in OpenBSD
184:
185: <dt><b>smp</b>
186: <dd>Development of <a href="faq/faq8.html#SMP">multiprocessor</a>
187: support in OpenBSD. Offers to "help test" and complaints about it not
188: being completed yet are not appreciated. Code, however, is welcome.
189:
190: <dt><b>tech</b>
191: <dd>Discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced
192: users. This is <b>not</b> a "tech support" forum, do not use it as
193: such.
1.86 nick 194: OpenBSD developers will often make patches to implement new features
195: and other important changes available for public testing through this
196: list.
1.66 nick 197:
198: <dt><b>x11</b>
199: <dd>Discussion of X11 development within OpenBSD
200: </dl>
201:
202: <h3>Platform Specific Lists</h3>
203: These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual
204: platforms.
205: <dl>
206: <dt><b>alpha</b>
207: <dd>OpenBSD/alpha port
208:
1.75 miod 209: <dt><b>arm</b>
1.105 deanna 210: <dd>OpenBSD/zaurus port and other ARM porting efforts
1.75 miod 211:
1.66 nick 212: <dt><b>hppa</b>
213: <dd>OpenBSD/hppa port
214:
215: <dt><b>mac68k</b>
216: <dd>OpenBSD/mac68k port (not PowerPC Macintosh systems)
217:
1.98 miod 218: <dt><b>m88k</b>
219: <dd>OpenBSD/aviion, OpenBSD/luna88k and OpenBSD/mvme88k ports
220:
1.66 nick 221: <dt><b>ppc</b>
1.81 nick 222: <dd>OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts
1.66 nick 223:
1.109 jsing 224: <dt><b>sgi</b>
225: <dd>OpenBSD/sgi port
226:
1.66 nick 227: <dt><b>sparc</b>
228: <dd>OpenBSD/sparc and OpenBSD/sparc64 ports
229:
230: <dt><b>vax</b>
231: <dd>OpenBSD/vax port
232: </dl>
233:
234: <h3>CVS Changes Mailing Lists</h3>
235: Every time a developer commits a change to the OpenBSD
1.69 nick 236: <a href="why-cvs.html">CVS tree</a>, a message is mailed out to all the subscribers
1.66 nick 237: of these lists, containing the commit comments.
238:
239: <dl>
240: <dt><b>source-changes</b>
241: <dd>Automated mail-out of CVS source tree changes in all the repositories
242: other than <i>ports</i>.
243:
244: <dt><b>ports-changes</b>
245: <dd>Automated mail-out of ports-specific CVS source tree changes.
1.1 deraadt 246: </dl>
247:
1.116 sthen 248: <a name="Mirrors"></a>
249: <h3>Mirror-related Mailing Lists</h3>
250: Announcements and discussion relating to mirrors of OpenBSD.
251:
252: <dl>
253: <dt><b>mirrors-announce</b>
254: <dd>This is a moderated list used solely for important announcements
255: to operators of OpenBSD mirrors.
256:
257: <dt><b>mirrors-discuss</b>
258: <dd>Discussion relating to OpenBSD mirrors.
259: </dl>
260:
1.66 nick 261: <a name="Majordomo"></a>
262: <h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List Membership via
263: Majordomo</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
1.57 horacio 265: If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available
1.66 nick 266: at openbsd.org, send the command "<tt>lists</tt>" on the body of
1.57 horacio 267: a message to
268: <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
1.28 louis 269:
270: <p>
1.66 nick 271: To subscribe to a given list, send mail to
272: <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
273: with a message body of "<b>subscribe mailing-list-name</b>".
274:
275: <p>
276: For further assistance, send a message body of "<b>help</b>"
1.57 horacio 277: to <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
1.13 deraadt 278: and you will receive a reply outlining all your options. Your domain
1.66 nick 279: <b>MUST</b> resolve properly or the mail will not go through!
1.1 deraadt 280:
1.66 nick 281:
282: <a name="Web"></a>
283: <h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List Membership via
284: Web</font></h2>
285: Your membership to the OpenBSD mailing lists can also be managed via
286: a web interface at:
287: <blockquote>
288: <a href="http://lists.openbsd.org/">http://lists.openbsd.org/</a>
289: </blockquote>
290:
291:
292: <a name="Tricks"></a>
293: <h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing Lists Tricks</font></h2>
294: There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either
295: by the <a href="http://lists.openbsd.org">web interface</a> or through
296: <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">Majordomo</a>. You can change
297: your email address without having to unsubscribe and resubscribe, you
1.69 nick 298: can temporarily disable your message delivery for a few days while you go on
1.66 nick 299: vacation, and much more. The user is invited to spend some time reading
300: through the options, available by sending
301: <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">Majordomo</a> a message
302: containing "<tt>help</tt>" as the body text, or through the
303: "<tt>Help</tt>" tab of the <a href="http://lists.openbsd.org">web
304: interface</a>.
305:
306: <p>
307: As an example, if you were going on vacation for two weeks and didn't
1.69 nick 308: wish to come back to several thousand e-mails, you can disable
1.70 nick 309: message delivery by the mail server for the time of your vacation and have
310: delivery automatically resume upon your scheduled return using the command:
1.66 nick 311: <pre>
1.82 nick 312: set ALL nomail-14d
1.66 nick 313: </pre>
1.68 nick 314: This will suspend your subscription to all mail lists for 14 days
315: (<tt>-14d</tt>). More details and options can be seen on the
1.90 grunk 316: <a href="http://lists.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr?&user=&passw=&list=GLOBAL&func=help&extra=overview">Majordomo
1.68 nick 317: overview page</a>.
318:
1.66 nick 319:
320: <h3>Digests</h3>
321: If you would prefer to see a "digest" (a consolidated listing of all the
322: messages for a time period), rather than getting messages individually
323: in "real-time" form, you can use the commands:
324: <pre>
325: set misc digest-daily
326: set source-changes digest-weekly
327: </pre>
328: for daily digests of the <b>misc</b> list, and weekly digests of the
329: <b>source-changes</b> list. Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one
330: Majordomo email.
331:
332:
333: <a name="OtherLists"></a>
334: <h2><font color="#e00000">Other Mailing Lists</font></h2>
335: <p>
336: The fine folks at
337: <a href="http://www.squish.net/openbsd/">squish.net</a> run mailing
338: lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD <b>source-changes</b>
339: and <b>ports-changes</b> mailing list. This is handy for those who
1.72 nick 340: don't like the typically high volume of these lists.
1.42 millert 341:
342: <p>
1.108 merdely 343: The insomniac at <a href="http://www.benzedrine.cx/mailinglist.html">benzedrine.cx</a>
1.66 nick 344: maintains the <b>pf</b> list for people using the OpenBSD
1.61 dhartmei 345: packet filter. To subscribe:
346: <br>
347: echo subscribe | mail pf-request@benzedrine.cx
348:
1.66 nick 349: <a name="nonEnglish"></a>
350: <h2><font color="#e00000">Non-English Lists</font></h2>
1.28 louis 351:
1.66 nick 352: Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available
1.59 miod 353: separately. Here is a list of the currently known mailing lists:
354:
355: <!--
356: PLEASE KEEP THIS LIST SORTED, EXCEPT FOR TRANSLATIONS, WHERE YOU SHOULD PUT
357: THE LIST IN YOUR LANGUAGE, IF ONE EXISTS, HEAD OF LIST.
358: -->
359:
360: <p>
1.84 otto 361: Dutch:
362: <b>openbsd@list.ii.nl</b>
363: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
364: <a href="http://list.ii.nl/listinfo/openbsd">http://list.ii.nl/listinfo/openbsd</a>.
365:
366: <p>
1.71 todd 367: French:
1.100 aanriot 368: <b>misc@openbsd-france.org</b>
1.71 todd 369: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
1.117 gilles 370: <a href="http://www.openbsd-france.org/communaute.php">http://www.openbsd-france.org/communaute.php</a>.
1.71 todd 371:
372: <p>
1.59 miod 373: Italian:
1.66 nick 374: <a href="http://www.sikurezza.org/">sikurezza.org</a>, an Italian language
375: non-commercial security portal hosts <b>openbsd@sikurezza.org</b>.
1.59 miod 376: <br>To subscribe just send an empty message to <a
377: href="mailto:openbsd-subscribe@sikurezza.org">openbsd-subscribe@sikurezza.org</a>.
378:
379: <p>
1.114 syuu 380: Japanese:
381: <b>openbsd-japan@googlegroups.com</b><br>
382: To subscribe, please visit
383: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/openbsd-japan">
384: http://groups.google.com/group/openbsd-japan</a>
385:
386: <p>
1.93 grunk 387: Polish:
388: <b>openbsd@lists.bsd.org.pl</b><br>
389: To subscribe, send mail with subject "subscribe" to
390: <a href="mailto:openbsd-request@lists.bsd.org.pl">openbsd-request@lists.bsd.org.pl</a>.
1.24 deraadt 391:
392: <p>
1.59 miod 393: Portuguese:
1.66 nick 394: <b>openbsd@neei.uevora.pt</b>
1.59 miod 395: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
396: <a href="http://neei.uevora.pt/mailman/listinfo/openbsd/">http://neei.uevora.pt/mailman/listinfo/openbsd/</a>.
397:
398: <p>
1.60 miod 399: Russian:
1.66 nick 400: <b>openbsd@openbsd.ru</b>
1.47 form 401: <br>To subscribe, send mail to
402: <a href="mailto:minimalist@openbsd.ru">minimalist@openbsd.ru</a> with
1.66 nick 403: subject "<b>subscribe openbsd</b>".
1.34 form 404:
405: <p>
1.73 nick 406: Slovenian:
407: to subscribe please visit the URL at
408: <a href="http://obsd.17slon.org/mailinglist.php"
409: >http://obsd.17slon.org/mailinglist.php</a>
410:
411: <p>
1.62 fgsch 412: Spanish:
1.91 grunk 413: <b>OpenBSD-Mexico@googlegroups.com</b>, run from Mexico.
414: <br>To subscribe, please visit
415: <a href="http://groups.google.com.mx/group/OpenBSD-Mexico">
416: http://groups.google.com.mx/group/OpenBSD-Mexico</a>
1.49 horacio 417:
418: <p>
1.101 steven 419: Ukrainian:
420: <b>openbsd@uaoug.org.ua</b>
421: <br>To subscribe, send mail to
422: <a href="mailto:openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua">
423: openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua</a>
424:
425: <p>
1.66 nick 426: <a name="Archives"></a>
427: <h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing List Archives:</font></h2>
428: These mailing list archives are not managed by the OpenBSD project.
429: Take the time to look at more than one -- each is a little different,
430: and has different search abilities. If you don't find an answer in
431: one, check another.
432:
1.19 deraadt 433: <ul>
1.99 steven 434: <li><a href="http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd/archives/">Sigmasoft</a>
1.97 nick 435: <li><a href="http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/">Monkey.org</a>
1.106 martynas 436: <li><a href="http://marc.info/">MARC</a>
1.88 david 437: <li><a href="http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.os.openbsd">Gmane</a>
1.51 heko 438: <li><a href="http://www.netsys.com/archives.html">@netsys.com</a>
1.57 horacio 439: <li>Neohapsis has a
440: <a href="http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/">mixed archive
441: for tech@, misc@ and ports@</a> and a
442: <a href="http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/">mixed
443: archive for CVS commits</a>
1.19 deraadt 444: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 445:
1.97 nick 446: <p>
447: General search engines, such as
448: <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> also prove very effective at
449: finding answers to OpenBSD questions.
450:
1.103 reyk 451: <p>
452: <a name="Feeds"></a>
453: <h2><font color="#e00000">RSS Feeds:</font></h2>
454: There are also some RSS feeds available. Most recent web browsers will
455: support RSS feeds, but there are also a number of RSS readers available.
456: The RSS feeds are not managed by the OpenBSD project.
457:
458: <ul>
459: <li><a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=rss">OpenBSD Journal</a>
460: <li><a href="http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=errata">OpenBSD Errata (provided by the OpenBSD Journal)</a>
461: </ul>
462:
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1.57 horacio 464: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt="OpenBSD"></a>
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