On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:22:09 -0500 "Morris, Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Janne Johansson > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:14 AM > To: Misc OpenBSD > Subject: Re: Missing security announcements > > why not just get it yourself if you're worried about it? just fire a crontab > entry and > move on. > > lynx -dump openbsd.org/errata44.html |mail -s "Daily Security" [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > I agree. Keeping yourself informed about security updates is easy, at least once you realise security-announce is dead. >From http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html "security-announce Security announcements. This low volume list receives OpenBSD security advisories and pointers to security patches as they become available." Apparently not, so just remove the damn thing and avoid confusion. Here: Index: mail.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/www/mail.html,v retrieving revision 1.110 diff -u -p -r1.110 mail.html --- mail.html 4 Sep 2008 09:55:21 -0000 1.110 +++ mail.html 13 Nov 2008 16:45:27 -0000 @@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ <hr> Mailing lists are an important means of communication among users and -developers of OpenBSD. With the exceptions of <b>announce</b> and -<b>security-announce</b>, the lists are not moderated. We deliberately -restrict the number of different mailing lists. -This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that the +developers of OpenBSD. With the exception of <b>announce</b>, the lists +are not moderated. We deliberately restrict the number of different mailing +lists. This helps reduce the amount of cross-posting and makes sure that the information gets distributed to a wide audience. - <p> <a name="Netiquette"></a> <h2><font color="#e00000">Netiquette</font></h2> @@ -149,11 +147,6 @@ Problem</a> before posting. <dt><b>announce</b> <dd>Important announcements. This low volume list is excellent for people who just want occasional news about the project. - -<dt><b>security-announce</b> -<dd>Security announcements. This low volume list receives OpenBSD -security advisories and pointers to security patches as they become -available. <dt><b>ports</b> <dd>Discussions about using and contributing to the 'ports' source tree. If people continually complain about the lack of a security-announce list, there's always the option of updating the FAQ. Thomas
