Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:11:21 +1000 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Andrew McNaughton" <andrew@scoop.co.nz>, "Bill Moran" <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: getting alerts about system upgrades Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F117CD63@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Andrew McNaughton > Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2006 10:54 AM > To: Bill Moran > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: getting alerts about system upgrades > > On Wed, 31 May 2006, Bill Moran wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 May 2006 23:22:16 +1200 (NZST) Andrew McNaughton > > <andrew@scoop.co.nz> 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. > > 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 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.. I have used Cyrus / Sieve for this at home, and also do it in (ptui) outlook at the office... HTH Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer Bytecraft Systems P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 E: mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.***
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