Be considerate of other subscribers on the mailing lists.
The OpenBSD mailing lists use spamd(8) in greylisting mode as well as SpamAssassin to keep down the spam volume but things do sneak through--deal with it. In addition, the list server also has regex-based rules to reject 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. 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. Complaining about and commenting upon spam on the list proper is counter-productive as it generates more traffic than the spam itself.
Note that if you are sending mail from a dynamic IP address you will probably not be able to post to the mailing lists. In this case you should use a smart host sendmail configuration that utilizes your ISP's mail server. See the comments in /usr/share/sendmail/cf/openbsd-proto.mc for how to do this.
If you want to be sent a complete list with all mailing lists available at openbsd.org, send the command "lists" on 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".
For further assistance, send a message body of "help" to majordomo@OpenBSD.org and you will receive a reply outlining all your options. Your domain MUST resolve properly or the mail will not go through!
http://lists.openbsd.org/
As an example, if you were going on vacation for two weeks and didn't wish to come back to several thousand e-mails, you can disable message delivery by the mail server for the time of your vacation and have delivery automatically resume upon your scheduled return using the command:
set ALL nomail-14dThis will suspend your subscription to all mail lists for 14 days (-14d). More details and options can be seen on the Majordomo overview page.
set misc digest-daily set source-changes digest-weeklyfor daily digests of the misc list, and weekly digests of the source-changes list. Yes, multiple commands can be placed in one Majordomo email.
The fine folks at squish.net run mailing lists with daily and weekly digests of the OpenBSD source-changes and ports-changes mailing list. This is handy for those who don't like the typically high volume of these lists.
The insomniac at benzedrine.cx
maintains the pf list for people using the OpenBSD
packet filter. To subscribe:
echo subscribe | mail pf-request@benzedrine.cx
Dutch:
openbsd@list.ii.nl
To subscribe, visit the URL at:
http://list.ii.nl/listinfo/openbsd.
French:
misc@openbsd-france.org
To subscribe, visit the URL at:
http://www.openbsd-france.org/communaute.php.
Italian:
sikurezza.org, an Italian language
non-commercial security portal hosts openbsd@sikurezza.org.
To subscribe just send an empty message to openbsd-subscribe@sikurezza.org.
Japanese:
openbsd-japan@googlegroups.com
To subscribe, please visit
http://groups.google.com/group/openbsd-japan
Polish:
openbsd@lists.bsd.org.pl
To subscribe, send mail with subject "subscribe" to
openbsd-request@lists.bsd.org.pl.
Portuguese:
openbsd@neei.uevora.pt
To subscribe, visit the URL at:
http://neei.uevora.pt/mailman/listinfo/openbsd/.
Russian:
openbsd@openbsd.ru
To subscribe, send mail to
minimalist@openbsd.ru with
subject "subscribe openbsd".
Slovenian: to subscribe please visit the URL at http://obsd.17slon.org/mailinglist.php
Spanish:
OpenBSD-Mexico@googlegroups.com, run from Mexico.
To subscribe, please visit
http://groups.google.com.mx/group/OpenBSD-Mexico
Ukrainian:
openbsd@uaoug.org.ua
To subscribe, send mail to
openbsd+subscribe@uaoug.org.ua
General search engines, such as Google also prove very effective at finding answers to OpenBSD questions.