From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 1 01:32:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F8F16A7BB for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 01:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (a2.scoop.co.nz [202.50.109.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D27743D46 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 01:32:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k511W9N4012706; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:32:09 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.13.6/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k511W9tL012703; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:32:09 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) X-Authentication-Warning: a2.scoop.co.nz: andrew owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:32:09 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton To: Murray Taylor In-Reply-To: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F117CD63@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> Message-ID: <20060601132636.O62075@a2.scoop.co.nz> References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F117CD63@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (a2.scoop.co.nz [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:32:09 +1200 (NZST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.1/1504/Thu Jun 1 07:59:14 2006 on a2.scoop.co.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: RE: getting alerts about system upgrades X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:32:26 -0000 On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Murray Taylor wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> Andrew McNaughton >> >> On Wed, 31 May 2006, Bill Moran wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:16 +1200 (NZST) Andrew McNaughton >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> portaudit gives me alerts when security issues arise in installed >>>> ports, and portversion keeps me abreast of less critical updates. >>>> It's a whole lot easier than the old situation of tracking the >>>> security lists every day. >>>> >>>> Is there a comparably easy way to track available and critical >>>> upgrades for the FreeBSD core? >>> >>> The canonical way to do this is to subscribe to announce@ and/or >>> security-announce@freebsd.org. Very low traffic, but >> important stuff >>> you need to know comes through those channels. >> >> I do that, but my mailbox gets lots of traffic. Sometimes I >> miss something, and as far as I know, there's then no way >> system to keep reminding me, nor a way to quickly check the >> current state of play. >> > > I find that using folders / pidgeon holes that the mailer > can filter things into works well. I have a freebsd-question, > freebsd-small > etc etc . The rules then presort inbound for me .. and > if it doesnt match a rule it lands in the normal INBOX.. Helpful I'm sure, but I'm not new to email. I've got extensive filtering in place, but there's a lot of irregular stuff that doesn't match rules, and sorting stuff like security-announce into a separate mailbox would just put it out of sight where it's easier to miss. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew McNaughton http://www.scoop.co.nz/ andrew@scoop.co.nz Mobile: +61 422 753 792 pgp keyid: 1C7A8CFD -- "We are trying to figure out how you conduct a war against something other than a nation-state and how ... you conduct a war in countries that you are not at war with," -- Donald Rumsfeld, 27 Jan 2006