From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 05:37:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334F016A4CE for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:37:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E81343D54 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:37:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan1.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.166] helo=localhost) by tx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Al6vJ-0000iP-Gy for chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:37:05 +0000 Received: from rx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.165]) by localhost (scan1.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.166]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 02704-02 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:37:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx1.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Al6vJ-0000iJ-3b for chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:37:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 25717 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jan 2004 13:37:05 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53. Clear:. Processed in 4.30973 secs); 26 Jan 2004 13:37:05 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 4.30973 secs) Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 26 Jan 2004 13:37:00 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040126133123.0465b398@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:36:54 +0000 To: Paul Robinson From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <401514D3.7020808@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <4013EA9D.6040808@cream.org> <20040125134151.M52260@mail.tacorp.net> <20040125185753.GA12995@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <40141B3D.9070901@cream.org> <20040125194721.GA28036@xor.obsecurity.org> <40143CC3.6010709@cream.org> <401514D3.7020808@iconoplex.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Less messages to FreeBSD.org lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:37:08 -0000 It's *fewer* messages, not *less* messages! At 13:23 26/01/2004, Paul Robinson wrote: >How about an extra bit in the install scripts that prompts the >user to "ping" the FreeBSD servers with some useful data? I'd say that a more useful option would be to add code which "pings" a server every day with a request for binary security updates. Colin Percival