From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 7 9: 0:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FD437B8D5 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:00:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tera.com) Received: from tera.com (athena.sea.tera.com [207.224.230.169]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01254; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:00:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by tera.com (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id JAA29636; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:00:05 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Dave Tweten Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Subscribe a List to a FreeBSD List? Message-ID: <20000807090005.A29629@athena.sea.tera.com> References: <200008070211.TAA29654@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95us In-Reply-To: <200008070211.TAA29654@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>; from Dave Tweten on Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 07:11:30PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 07:11:30PM -0700, Dave Tweten wrote: > I own several computer-security related e-mail lists at my NASA site, intended > to get system administrators the information they need to stay a half-step > ahead of the barbarians. I've been trying to set one up specifically for > administrators of FreeBSD systems. There is no joy. > > I consulted the advice on the FreeBSD web site and in the Handbook, and > concluded that all I had to do was give the list's address on the subscribe > command. I did that, and followed the sequence through to the point, on May > 31, where Majordomo told me "Your request to Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG: ... has > been forwarded to the owner of the "freebsd-security-notifications" list for > approval." Then I waited. No response. No notifications. > > On June 8, I followed Majordomo's advice: "If you have any questions about the > policy of the list owner, please contact 'freebsd-security-notifications-approv > al@FreeBSD.ORG'." I sent e-mail and got no response. > > I've since tried the whole process two more times, on June 21, and just today. > Today, I also subscribed myself -- which avoids the approval part, and I have > set my e-mail filter to forward to my list any messages I receive from > security-notifications. This will work, but it's inefficient. > > Both the web and the Handbook say that subscribing a list to a FreeBSD list is > a welcome activity. I don't want to be a pain, but I haven't been able to > find what I should do next, or whether I should have done something completely > different in the first place. > > What's the right way to do this? Thanks for any help you can provide. Hmm. I have been a FreeBSD porter for several years; in mid-June, I unsub's to the porting list and the -stable list---rather than be *bounced* off when my home site was silent for 3 weeks. When I got back in early July, I resub's to both lists, and am still waiting. ...Maybe ports has enough help now; but that doesn't explain the delay for the -stable list. (?) gary -- Gary Kline Cray Inc Seattle, Washington To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message