From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 31 02:58:33 2005 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 0E7AB16A41F for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:58:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBD143D46 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:58:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.9]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ISC00K9WDLJ6W70@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:58:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd2mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ISC00CUVDLJ7700@pd2mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:58:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] ([24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ISC006J4DLIVV20@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:58:31 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:58:12 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <200512302014.16627.kruptos@mlinux.org> To: Kevin Brunelle Message-id: <43B5F3C4.5090201@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 References: <200512302014.16627.kruptos@mlinux.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051228) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obtaining an @freebsd.org email address. 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: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:58:33 -0000 Kevin Brunelle wrote: > Does anyone know what the requirements for a freebsd.org email address are? Except in very unusual circumstances, @freebsd.org email addresses are only available to committers. > I have read the following from the porter's handbook > ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/keeping-up.html ) > > "If you wish to use FreshPorts, all you need is an account. If your registered > email address is @FreeBSD.org, you will see the opt-in link on the right hand > side of the webpages. For those of you who already have a FreshPorts account, > but are not using your @FreeBSD.org email address, just change your email to > @FreeBSD.org, subscribe, then change it back again." I have no idea what this quote is trying to say, so I don't think I can clarify it for you. Colin Percival