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1.129 deraadt 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing Lists</font></h2>
1.57 horacio 18: <hr>
1.7 downsj 19:
1.66 nick 20: Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and
1.139 tj 21: developers of OpenBSD.
22: With the exception of <b>announce</b>, the lists are not moderated.
23: We deliberately restrict the number of different mailing lists.
24: This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that
25: the information gets distributed to a wide audience.
26:
27: <a name="Netiquette"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Netiquette</font></h2>
1.66 nick 28:
1.28 louis 29: Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.
1.139 tj 30:
1.28 louis 31: <dl>
1.66 nick 32: <dt><b>Plain text, 72 characters per line</b>
33: <dd>Many subscribers and developers read their mail on text-based mailers
1.143 ! sthen 34: like <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mail">mail(1)</a>,
1.139 tj 35: emacs or mutt, and they often find HTML-formatted messages (or lines that
36: stretch beyond 72 characters) unreadable.
37: Most OpenBSD mailing lists strip messages of MIME content before sending
38: them out to the rest of the list.
39: If you don't use plain text, your messages will be reformatted or, if they
40: cannot be reformatted, summarily rejected.
41: The only mailing lists that allow file attachments are the <b>bugs</b>,
42: <b>ports</b> and <b>tech</b> lists.
43: They will be removed from messages on the others.
1.66 nick 44:
45: <dt><b>Do your homework before you post</b>
1.139 tj 46: <dd>If you have an installation question, make sure that you have read
47: the relevant documents, such as the <tt>INSTALLi.*</tt> text files in the
48: installation directories, the <a href="faq/index.html">FAQ</a> and the
49: relevant man pages (start with
1.143 ! sthen 50: <a href= "http://man.openbsd.org/?query=afterboot">
1.139 tj 51: afterboot(8)</a>).
52: Also check the mailing list <a href="#Archives">archives</a>.
1.66 nick 53: We want to help, but we wouldn't want to deprive you of a valuable
54: learning experience, and no one wants to see the same question on the
55: lists for the fifth time in a month.
56:
57: <dt><b>Include a useful Subject line</b>
1.45 millert 58: <dd>Messages with an empty Subject will get bounced to the list manager and
1.139 tj 59: will take longer to show up.
60: Including a relevant Subject in the message
1.45 millert 61: will ensure that more people actually read what you've written.
62: Also, avoid Subject lines with excessive capitalization.
1.96 jmc 63: "Help!" or "I can't get it to work!" are not useful subject lines.
1.139 tj 64: Do not change the subject line while on the same topic.
65: YOU may know what it is regarding, the rest of us who get several hundred
66: messages a day will have no idea.
1.66 nick 67:
68: <dt><b>Trim your signature</b>
69: <dd>Keep the signature lines at the bottom of your mail to a reasonable
1.139 tj 70: length.
71: PGP signatures and those automatic address cards are merely annoying and
72: are stripped out.
73: Legal disclaimers and advisories are also very annoying, and inappropriate
74: for public mailing lists.
1.66 nick 75:
76: <dt><b>Stay on topic</b>
1.28 louis 77: <dd>Please keep the subject of the post relevant to users of OpenBSD.
1.66 nick 78:
79: <dt><b>Include important information</b>
80: <dd>Don't waste everyone's time with a hopelessly incomplete question.
81: No one other than you has the information needed to resolve your
1.139 tj 82: problem, it is better to provide more information than needed than not
83: enough detail.
84: All questions should include at least the <a href="faq/faq5.html#Flavors">
85: version</a> of OpenBSD.
86: Any hardware-related questions should mention the platform (i386, amd64,
87: etc.) and provide a full
1.143 ! sthen 88: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dmesg">dmesg(8)</a>.
1.66 nick 89: Hardware model numbers, unfortunately, don't indicate much about the
90: actual content of a particular machine or accessory, and are useless to
91: anyone who doesn't have that exact machine sitting where they can easily
1.139 tj 92: recognize it.
93: The dmesg(8) output tells us exactly what is IN your machine, not what
94: stickers are on the outside.
1.66 nick 95:
96: <dt><b>Respect differences in opinion and philosophy</b>
1.139 tj 97: <dd>Intelligent people may look at the same set of facts and come to very
98: different conclusions.
99: Repeating the same points that didn't convince someone previously rarely
100: changes their mind, and irritates all the other readers.
1.66 nick 101:
102: <dt><b>Do not cross-post or repeat post</b>
103: <dd>Posting the same message to multiple lists and/or multiple times
1.139 tj 104: does not increase the likelihood of getting a useful response, and is
105: likely to irritate the people you want to help you.
106: If you didn't get a satisfactory response the first time you posted to an
107: appropriate list, it is usually because you provided insufficient or unclear
108: information.
1.66 nick 109: Don't simply repost the same message.
110:
1.28 louis 111: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 112:
1.139 tj 113: <a name="spam"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Spam</font></h2>
114:
1.66 nick 115: The OpenBSD mailing lists use
1.143 ! sthen 116: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=spamd">spamd(8)</a>
1.139 tj 117: in greylisting mode as well as <a href="http://www.spamassassin.org">
118: SpamAssassin</a> to keep down the spam volume, but things do sneak through
119: from time to time -- deal with it.
120: In addition, the list server also has regex-based rules to reject emails
1.87 millert 121: based on some common spam and virus telltales.
122: If you get spam through one of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you don't need to
1.139 tj 123: send a copy to the list owner -- chances are he's already seen it.
1.87 millert 124: Also, please do <b>not</b> submit spam received through the
1.139 tj 125: mailing lists to <a href="http://spamcop.net">spamcop</a>,
1.87 millert 126: as this will result in the list server being added to their RBL.
1.139 tj 127: Complaining about and commenting upon spam on the list proper is
128: counter-productive, as it generates more traffic than the spam itself.
129:
1.87 millert 130: <p>
1.139 tj 131: Note that if you are sending mail from a dynamic IP address, you
1.77 millert 132: will probably <b>not</b> be able to post to the mailing lists.
1.136 tb 133: In this case, you should use a <em>smart host</em> mail configuration
1.139 tj 134: that utilizes your ISP's mail server.
135: See the examples in
1.143 ! sthen 136: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=smtpd.conf">
1.136 tb 137: smtpd.conf(5)</a> for how to do this.
1.66 nick 138:
1.139 tj 139: <a name="Lists"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">The Mailing Lists</font></h2>
1.33 millert 140:
1.66 nick 141: <h3>General Interest Lists</h3>
142: These lists are of interest to most users of OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 143: <dl>
1.66 nick 144:
145: <dt><b>misc</b>
1.139 tj 146: <dd>User questions and answers, general questions.
147: This is the most active list.
148: Please, <a href="faq/index.html">read the FAQ</a> and the installation
149: documents, and see <a href="report.html">how to report a problem</a>
150: before posting.
1.66 nick 151:
152: <dt><b>advocacy</b>
1.139 tj 153: <dd>Promoting the use of OpenBSD.
1.66 nick 154:
155: <dt><b>announce</b>
1.139 tj 156: <dd>Important announcements.
157: This low volume list is excellent for people who just want occasional news
158: about the project and errata patch notices.
1.66 nick 159:
160: <dt><b>ports</b>
161: <dd>Discussions about using and contributing to the 'ports' source tree.
162:
1.127 tedu 163: </dl>
164:
1.66 nick 165: <h3>Developer's Lists</h3>
1.139 tj 166:
167: These lists are for technical discussions of aspects of OpenBSD.
168: They are NOT for beginning or average users, they are not for problem
169: reporting (unless you are including a good fix) and they are not for
170: installation problems.
171: If you have any question about if a message should be posted to any of
172: these lists, it probably should not.
173: Use <b>misc</b> instead.
174: Again, <b>do not cross post to multiple lists</b>.
1.66 nick 175:
176: <dl>
177: <dt><b>bugs</b>
1.57 horacio 178: <dd><a href="report.html">Bug reports</a> as sent in via
1.143 ! sthen 179: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sendbug">sendbug(1)</a>
1.139 tj 180: and follow-up discussions.
1.66 nick 181:
182: <dt><b>tech</b>
183: <dd>Discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced
1.139 tj 184: users.
185: This is <b>not</b> a "tech support" forum; do not use it as such.
1.86 nick 186: OpenBSD developers will often make patches to implement new features
187: and other important changes available for public testing through this
188: list.
1.134 doug 189:
190: <dt><b>libressl</b>
191: <dd>Technical discussion about native and portable LibreSSL.
192: Users of LibreSSL on any operating system are welcome to participate.
193: Patches for the native LibreSSL should be sent to this list and use
194: OpenBSD's CVS tree or a git mirror of it.
195: Patches for the portable bits should be pull requests on
196: <a href="https://github.com/libressl-portable">github</a>.
197: </dl>
198:
199: <h3>Security Lists</h3>
1.139 tj 200:
1.134 doug 201: These private lists are for reporting vulnerabilities to the OpenBSD team.
202:
203: <dl>
204: <dt><b>libressl-security</b>
205: <dd>Report vulnerabilities related to OpenSSL or LibreSSL to the core
206: LibreSSL team.
1.123 deraadt 207: </dl>
1.66 nick 208:
1.139 tj 209: <h3>Platform-specific Lists</h3>
210:
1.66 nick 211: These lists are focused on user issues and development on individual
212: platforms.
1.139 tj 213:
1.66 nick 214: <dl>
215: <dt><b>alpha</b>
216: <dd>OpenBSD/alpha port
217:
1.75 miod 218: <dt><b>arm</b>
1.105 deanna 219: <dd>OpenBSD/zaurus port and other ARM porting efforts
1.75 miod 220:
1.66 nick 221: <dt><b>hppa</b>
222: <dd>OpenBSD/hppa port
223:
1.98 miod 224: <dt><b>m88k</b>
1.137 tb 225: <dd>OpenBSD/luna88k and OpenBSD/mvme88k ports
1.98 miod 226:
1.66 nick 227: <dt><b>ppc</b>
1.81 nick 228: <dd>OpenBSD/macppc and other PowerPC porting efforts
1.66 nick 229:
1.109 jsing 230: <dt><b>sgi</b>
231: <dd>OpenBSD/sgi port
232:
1.66 nick 233: <dt><b>sparc</b>
234: <dd>OpenBSD/sparc and OpenBSD/sparc64 ports
235:
236: <dt><b>vax</b>
237: <dd>OpenBSD/vax port
238: </dl>
239:
240: <h3>CVS Changes Mailing Lists</h3>
1.139 tj 241:
242: Every time a developer commits a change to the OpenBSD CVS tree, a message
243: is mailed out to all the subscribers of these lists, containing the commit
244: comments.
1.66 nick 245:
246: <dl>
247: <dt><b>source-changes</b>
1.139 tj 248: <dd>Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the src, xenocara and www
249: repositories.
1.66 nick 250:
251: <dt><b>ports-changes</b>
1.139 tj 252: <dd>Automated mail of CVS source tree changes in the ports repository.
1.1 deraadt 253: </dl>
254:
1.139 tj 255: <a name="Mirrors"></a><h3>Mirror-related Mailing Lists</h3>
256:
1.116 sthen 257: Announcements and discussion relating to mirrors of OpenBSD.
258:
259: <dl>
260: <dt><b>mirrors-announce</b>
261: <dd>This is a moderated list used solely for important announcements
262: to operators of OpenBSD mirrors.
263:
264: <dt><b>mirrors-discuss</b>
265: <dd>Discussion relating to OpenBSD mirrors.
266: </dl>
267:
1.139 tj 268: <a name="Majordomo"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List
269: Membership via Majordomo</font></h2>
270:
1.57 horacio 271: If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available
1.139 tj 272: at openbsd.org, send the command <tt>lists</tt> in the body of
1.57 horacio 273: a message to
274: <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>.
1.28 louis 275:
276: <p>
1.66 nick 277: To subscribe to a given list, send mail to
278: <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
1.139 tj 279: with a message body of "subscribe <tt>mailing-list-name</tt>" (where
280: <tt>mailing-list-name</tt> is the name of your preferred list).
1.66 nick 281:
282: <p>
1.139 tj 283: For further assistance, send a message body of "help" to
284: <a href="mailto:majordomo@OpenBSD.org">majordomo@OpenBSD.org</a>
285: and you will receive a reply outlining all your options.
286: Your domain <b>MUST</b> resolve properly or the mail will not go through!
1.1 deraadt 287:
1.139 tj 288: <a name="Web"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Managing Mailing List Membership
289: via Web</font></h2>
1.66 nick 290:
291: Your membership to the OpenBSD mailing lists can also be managed via
1.139 tj 292: a web interface at <a href="https://lists.openbsd.org">lists.openbsd.org</a>.
1.66 nick 293:
1.139 tj 294: <a name="Tricks"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing Lists Tricks</font></h2>
1.66 nick 295:
296: There are a number of very useful options that can be selected, either
1.139 tj 297: by the <a href="https://lists.openbsd.org">web interface</a> or through
298: <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">Majordomo</a>.
299: You can change your email address without having to unsubscribe and
300: resubscribe, temporarily disable your message delivery for a few days
301: while you go on vacation and much more.
302: The user is invited to spend some time reading through the options, available
303: by sending <a href="mailto:majordomo@openbsd.org">Majordomo</a> a message
304: containing "help" as the body text, or through the "Help" tab of the
305: <a href="https://lists.openbsd.org">web interface</a>.
1.66 nick 306:
307: <p>
308: As an example, if you were going on vacation for two weeks and didn't
1.139 tj 309: wish to come back to several thousand emails, you can disable message
310: delivery by the mail server for the time of your vacation and have
1.70 nick 311: delivery automatically resume upon your scheduled return using the command:
1.139 tj 312:
313: <blockquote><pre>
314: set ALL nomail-14d
315: </pre></blockquote>
316:
1.141 tj 317: This will suspend your subscription to all mailing lists for 14 days
1.139 tj 318: (<tt>-14d</tt>).
319: More details and options can be seen on the
320: <a href="http://lists.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr?&user=&passw=&list=GLOBAL&func=help&extra=overview">
321: Majordomo overview page</a>.
1.68 nick 322:
1.139 tj 323: <h3>Digests</h3>
1.66 nick 324:
325: If you would prefer to see a "digest" (a consolidated listing of all the
326: messages for a time period), rather than getting messages individually
327: in "real-time" form, you can use the commands:
1.139 tj 328:
329: <blockquote><pre>
330: set misc digest-daily
331: set source-changes digest-weekly
332: </pre></blockquote>
333:
1.66 nick 334: for daily digests of the <b>misc</b> list, and weekly digests of the
1.139 tj 335: <b>source-changes</b> list.
336: Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one Majordomo email.
1.66 nick 337:
1.139 tj 338: <a name="OtherLists"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Other Mailing
339: Lists</font></h2>
1.66 nick 340:
341: The fine folks at
342: <a href="http://www.squish.net/openbsd/">squish.net</a> run mailing
343: lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD <b>source-changes</b>
1.139 tj 344: and <b>ports-changes</b> mailing list.
345: This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these
346: lists.
1.42 millert 347:
348: <p>
1.139 tj 349: The insomniac at <a href="http://www.benzedrine.ch/mailinglist.html">
350: benzedrine.ch</a> maintains the <b>pf</b> list for people using the
351: OpenBSD packet filter.
352: To subscribe, send an email with the message body of "subscribe" to
353: <a href="mailto:pf-request@benzedrine.ch">pf-request@benzedrine.ch</a>.
1.61 dhartmei 354:
1.139 tj 355: <a name="nonEnglish"></a> <h2><font color="#e00000">Non-English
356: Lists</font></h2>
1.28 louis 357:
1.66 nick 358: Several non-English speaking mailing lists related to OpenBSD are available
1.139 tj 359: separately.
360: Here is a list of the currently known mailing lists:
1.59 miod 361:
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366:
367: <p>
1.140 jasper 368: Dutch:
369: <b>openbsd@list.ii.nl</b>
370: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
371: <a href="https://list.ii.nl/mailman/listinfo/openbsd">
372: https://list.ii.nl/mailman/listinfo/openbsd</a>.
373:
374: <p>
1.71 todd 375: French:
1.100 aanriot 376: <b>misc@openbsd-france.org</b>
1.71 todd 377: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
1.139 tj 378: <a href="http://www.openbsd-france.org/communaute.php">
379: http://www.openbsd-france.org/communaute.php</a>.
1.71 todd 380:
381: <p>
1.59 miod 382: Italian:
1.139 tj 383: <b>openbsd@sikurezza.org</b>
384: <br>To subscribe, send an empty message to
385: <a href="mailto:openbsd-subscribe@sikurezza.org">
386: openbsd-subscribe@sikurezza.org</a>.
1.59 miod 387:
388: <p>
1.114 syuu 389: Japanese:
1.139 tj 390: <b>openbsd-japan@googlegroups.com</b>
391: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
1.114 syuu 392: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/openbsd-japan">
393: http://groups.google.com/group/openbsd-japan</a>
394:
1.131 sthen 395: <p>
1.139 tj 396: Spanish:
397: <b>OpenBSD-Mexico@googlegroups.com</b>
1.59 miod 398: <br>To subscribe, visit the URL at:
1.91 grunk 399: <a href="http://groups.google.com.mx/group/OpenBSD-Mexico">
400: http://groups.google.com.mx/group/OpenBSD-Mexico</a>
1.49 horacio 401:
402: <p>
1.101 steven 403: Ukrainian:
404: <b>openbsd@uaoug.org.ua</b>
1.139 tj 405: <br>To subscribe, send an empty message to
1.101 steven 406: <a href="mailto:openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua">
407: openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua</a>
408:
1.139 tj 409: <a name="Archives"></a><h2><font color="#e00000">Mailing List
410: Archives:</font></h2>
411:
1.66 nick 412: These mailing list archives are not managed by the OpenBSD project.
413: Take the time to look at more than one -- each is a little different,
1.139 tj 414: and has different search abilities.
415: If you don't find an answer in one, check another.
1.66 nick 416:
1.19 deraadt 417: <ul>
1.139 tj 418: <li><a href="https://marc.info">MARC</a>
419: <li><a href="http://dir.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.os.openbsd">
420: Gmane</a> (also available by <a href="nntp://news.gmane.org/">NNTP</a>)
1.57 horacio 421: <li>Neohapsis has a
422: <a href="http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/">mixed archive
423: for tech@, misc@ and ports@</a> and a
424: <a href="http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/">mixed
425: archive for CVS commits</a>
1.139 tj 426: <li><a href="http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd/archives/">Sigmasoft</a>
427: has posts up to March 2010
428: <li><a href="http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/">Monkey.org</a> has posts up
429: to June 2009
1.19 deraadt 430: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 431:
1.97 nick 432: <p>
1.139 tj 433: General search engines also prove very effective at finding answers to
434: OpenBSD questions.
1.97 nick 435:
1.103 reyk 436: <p>
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