From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 3:40:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7651151F2 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 03:40:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11uwVW-0007Lj-00; Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:40:42 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Stefan Botha Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD via E-mail In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 06 Dec 1999 23:13:57 GMT." Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:40:42 +0200 Message-ID: <28254.944480442@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 23:13:57 GMT, Stefan Botha wrote: > A couple of weeks back I saw on your homepage that you can obtain the > freebsd distribution via e-mail, I can't seem to find it anymore. Can you > please help give me an address where i can get it. Are you sure? I've never seen anything on the web pages that describes fetching binaries by mail. I know that you can receive source patches via mail and use those to keep a local copy of the source tree up to date for updating your system with the latest sources. If that's what you're looking for, you want to read up on CTM in Chapter 18 of the online FreeBSD Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message