On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 10:30:02AM +0100, h p wrote: > [...] > > > FreeBSD security email is rather anoying, because it keeps sending > > > messages even if nothing has changed. I need an email sent to me only > > > if there is something abnormal. > > > > What happens when someone breaks in and disables it from sending email? > > > > Think of it as a kind of heartbeat. > > Well, different minds work differently, but for me it adds vastly to > the noise level. > If everything is normal, I get a mail. If there is something wrong, I > get a mail. A different one, for sure, but I have to actually read it > to know. > If I only get a mail in a special case, I am much more inclined to > read it than if I get a mail every day for 300 days and on the 301st > there is a mail with a warning. I've stopped paying attention long > before that. > > Just my thoughts....
But what if that email never comes... > > Helge > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2
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