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Hi,

On 01/02/13 01:21, Joe Altman wrote:
> Greetings, list. I have the following error; though I can load
> update5.FreeBSD.org in a browser:
> [...]

maybe you use a release that is not supported by freebsd-update. Run "uname
-r" an compare the release with that you see when looking at
http://update4.freebsd.org/
If it is not there you can not use freebsd-update.

Best regards,
 Martin