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<appendix id="eresources">
<title>Resources on the Internet</title>
<para>The rapid pace of FreeBSD progress makes print media
impractical as a means of following the latest developments.
Electronic resources are the best, if not often the only, way
to stay informed of the latest advances. Since FreeBSD is a
volunteer effort, the user community itself also generally serves
as a <quote>technical support department</quote> of sorts, with
electronic mail, web forums, and USENET news being the most
effective way of reaching that community.</para>
<para>The most important points of contact with the FreeBSD user
community are outlined below. If you are aware of other resources
not mentioned here, please send them to the &a.doc; so that they
may also be included.</para>
<sect1 id="eresources-mail">
<title>Mailing Lists</title>
<para>The mailing lists are the most direct way of addressing
questions or opening a technical discussion to a concentrated
FreeBSD audience. There are a wide variety of lists on a number
of different FreeBSD topics. Addressing your questions to the
most appropriate mailing list will invariably assure a faster
and more accurate response.</para>
<para>The charters for the various lists are given at the bottom
of this document. <emphasis>Please read the charter before
joining or sending mail to any list</emphasis>. Most of our
list subscribers now receive many hundreds of FreeBSD related
messages every day, and by setting down charters and rules for
proper use we are striving to keep the signal-to-noise ratio
of the lists high. To do less would see the mailing lists
ultimately fail as an effective communications medium for the
project.</para>
<note>
<para><emphasis>If you wish to test your ability to send to
&os; lists, send a test message to &a.test.name;.</emphasis>
Please do not send test messages to any other list.</para>
</note>
<para>When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see
<ulink url="&url.articles.freebsd-questions;">How to get best
results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing
list</ulink>.</para>
<para>Before posting to any list, please learn about how to
best use the mailing lists, such as how to help avoid
frequently-repeated discussions, by reading the <ulink
url="&url.articles.mailing-list-faq;"> Mailing List Frequently
Asked Questions</ulink> (FAQ) document.</para>
<para>Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be
searched using the <ulink
url="&url.base;/search/index.html">FreeBSD World Wide Web
server</ulink>. The keyword searchable archive offers an
excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked questions
and should be consulted before posting a question. Note that
this also means that messages sent to FreeBSD mailing lists
are archived in perpetuity. When protecting privacy is a
concern, consider using a disposable secondary email address
and posting only public information.</para>
<sect2 id="eresources-summary">
<title>List Summary</title>
<para><emphasis>General lists:</emphasis> The following are
general lists which anyone is free (and encouraged) to
join:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>List</entry>
<entry>Purpose</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>&a.advocacy.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD Evangelism</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.announce.name;</entry>
<entry>Important events and project milestones (moderated)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.arch.name;</entry>
<entry>Architecture and design discussions</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.bugbusters.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussions pertaining to the maintenance of
the FreeBSD problem report database and related
tools</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.bugs.name;</entry>
<entry>Bug reports</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.chat.name;</entry>
<entry>Non-technical items related to the FreeBSD
community</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.chromium.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD-specific Chromium issues</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.current.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion concerning the use of
&os.current;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.isp.name;</entry>
<entry>Issues for Internet Service Providers using
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.jobs.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD employment and consulting
opportunities</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.questions.name;</entry>
<entry>User questions and technical support</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.security-notifications.name;</entry>
<entry>Security notifications (moderated)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.stable.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion concerning the use of
&os.stable;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.test.name;</entry>
<entry>Where to send your test messages instead of
one of the actual lists</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para><emphasis>Technical lists:</emphasis> The following
lists are for technical discussion. You should read the
charter for each list carefully before joining or sending
mail to one as there are firm guidelines for their use and
content.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>List</entry>
<entry>Purpose</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>&a.acpi.name;</entry>
<entry>ACPI and power management development</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.afs.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting AFS to FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.aic7xxx.name;</entry>
<entry>Developing drivers for the &adaptec;
AIC 7xxx</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.amd64.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to AMD64 systems (moderated)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.apache.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion about
<application>Apache</application> related
ports</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.arm.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &arm; processors</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.atm.name;</entry>
<entry>Using ATM networking with FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.bluetooth.name;</entry>
<entry>Using &bluetooth; technology in FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.cluster.name;</entry>
<entry>Using FreeBSD in a clustered environment</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.cvsweb.name;</entry>
<entry>CVSweb maintenance</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.database.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussing database use and development under
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.desktop.name;</entry>
<entry>Using and improving &os; on the desktop</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.doc.name;</entry>
<entry>Creating FreeBSD related documents</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.drivers.name;</entry>
<entry>Writing device drivers for &os;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.eclipse.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich client
applications and ports.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.embedded.name;</entry>
<entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.eol.name;</entry>
<entry>Peer support of FreeBSD-related software that
is no longer supported by the FreeBSD project.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.emulation.name;</entry>
<entry>Emulation of other systems such as
Linux/&ms-dos;/&windows;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.firewire.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD &firewire; (iLink, IEEE 1394) technical
discussion</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.fs.name;</entry>
<entry>File systems</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.gecko.name;</entry>
<entry><application>Gecko Rendering
Engine</application> issues</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.geom.name;</entry>
<entry>GEOM-specific discussions and
implementations</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.gnome.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting <application>GNOME</application> and
<application>GNOME</application> applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.hackers.name;</entry>
<entry>General technical discussion</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.hardware.name;</entry>
<entry>General discussion of hardware for running
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.i18n.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD Internationalization</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ia32.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD on the IA-32 (&intel; x86)
platform</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ia64.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &intel;'s upcoming IA64
systems</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.infiniband.name;</entry>
<entry>Infiniband on FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ipfw.name;</entry>
<entry>Technical discussion concerning the redesign
of the IP firewall code</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.isdn.name;</entry>
<entry>ISDN developers</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.jail.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion about the &man.jail.8;
facility</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.java.name;</entry>
<entry>&java; developers and people porting &jdk;s to
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.kde.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting <application>KDE</application> and
<application>KDE</application> applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.lfs.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting LFS to FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.mips.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &mips;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.mobile.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussions about mobile computing</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.mono.name;</entry>
<entry>Mono and C# applications on FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.mozilla.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting <application>Mozilla</application> to
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.multimedia.name;</entry>
<entry>Multimedia applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.newbus.name;</entry>
<entry>Technical discussions about bus
architecture</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.net.name;</entry>
<entry>Networking discussion and TCP/IP source
code</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.numerics.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussions of high quality implementation of
libm functions</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.office.name;</entry>
<entry>Office applications on &os;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.performance.name;</entry>
<entry>Performance tuning questions for high
performance/load installations</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.perl.name;</entry>
<entry>Maintenance of a number of
Perl-related ports</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.pf.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion and questions about the packet filter
firewall system</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.platforms.name;</entry>
<entry>Concerning ports to non &intel; architecture
platforms</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ports.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion of the Ports Collection</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ports-announce.name;</entry>
<entry>Important news and instructions about the Ports
Collection (moderated)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ports-bugs.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion of the ports bugs/PRs</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ppc.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to the &powerpc;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.proliant.name;</entry>
<entry>Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant
server platforms</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.python.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD-specific Python issues</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.rc.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion related to the
<filename>rc.d</filename> system and its
development</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.realtime.name;</entry>
<entry>Development of realtime extensions to
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.ruby.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD-specific Ruby discussions</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.scsi.name;</entry>
<entry>The SCSI subsystem</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.security.name;</entry>
<entry>Security issues affecting FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.small.name;</entry>
<entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications
(obsolete; use &a.embedded.name; instead)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.snapshots.name;</entry>
<entry>&os; Development Snapshot Announcements</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.sparc.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to &sparc; based systems</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.standards.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD's conformance to the C99 and the &posix;
standards</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.sysinstall.name;</entry>
<entry>&man.sysinstall.8; development</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.tcltk.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD-specific Tcl/Tk discussions</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.threads.name;</entry>
<entry>Threading in FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.tilera.name;</entry>
<entry>Porting FreeBSD to the Tilera family of
CPUs</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.tokenring.name;</entry>
<entry>Support Token Ring in FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.toolchain.name;</entry>
<entry>Maintenance of &os;'s integrated
toolchain</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.usb.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussing &os; support for USB</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.virtualization.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion of various virtualization techniques
supported by &os;</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.vuxml.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion on VuXML infrastructure</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.x11.name;</entry>
<entry>Maintenance and support of X11 on FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.xen.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussion of the &os; port to &xen; —
implementation and usage</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.xfce.name;</entry>
<entry><application>XFCE</application> for &os; —
porting and maintaining</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.zope.name;</entry>
<entry><application>Zope</application> for &os; —
porting and maintaining</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para><emphasis>Limited lists:</emphasis> The following lists
are for more specialized (and demanding) audiences and are
probably not of interest to the general public. It is also
a good idea to establish a presence in the technical lists
before joining one of these limited lists so that you will
understand the communications etiquette involved.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>List</entry>
<entry>Purpose</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>&a.hubs.name;</entry>
<entry>People running mirror sites (infrastructural
support)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.usergroups.name;</entry>
<entry>User group coordination</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.wip-status.name;</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD Work-In-Progress Status</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.wireless.name;</entry>
<entry>Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools, device driver
development</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para><emphasis>Digest lists:</emphasis> All of the above lists
are available in a digest format. Once subscribed to a list,
you can change your digest options in your account options
section.</para>
<para><emphasis>SVN lists:</emphasis> The following lists
are for people interested in seeing the log messages for
changes to various areas of the source tree. They are
<emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have
mail sent to them.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>List</entry>
<entry>Source area</entry>
<entry>Area Description (source for)</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-doc-all.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the doc Subversion repository
(except for <filename>user</filename>,
<filename>projects</filename>
and <filename>translations</filename>)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-doc-head.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch of
the doc Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-doc-projects.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/doc/projects</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>projects</filename>
area of the doc Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-doc-svnadmin.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/doc</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks,
and other configuration data of the doc Subversion
repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-ports-all.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the ports Subversion
repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-ports-head.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch
of the ports Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-ports-svnadmin.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/ports</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks,
and other configuration data of the ports Subversion
repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-all.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the src Subversion repository
(except for <filename>user</filename>
and <filename>projects</filename>)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-head.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <quote>head</quote> branch
of the src Subversion repository (the &os;-CURRENT
branch)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-projects.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/projects</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>projects</filename>
area of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-release.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>releases</filename>
area of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-releng.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>releng</filename>
branches of the src Subversion repository (the
security / release engineering branches)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the all stable branches of the src
Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable-6.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/6</filename>
branch of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable-7.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/7</filename>
branch of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable-8.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/8</filename>
branch of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable-9.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the <filename>stable/9</filename>
branch of the src Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-stable-other.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the
older <filename>stable</filename> branches of the src
Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-svnadmin.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the administrative scripts, hooks,
and other configuration data of the src Subversion
repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-user.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the
experimental <filename>user</filename> area of the src
Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&a.svn-src-vendor.name;</entry>
<entry><filename>/usr/src</filename></entry>
<entry>All changes to the vendor work area of the src
Subversion repository</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="eresources-subscribe">
<title>How to Subscribe</title>
<para>To subscribe to a list, click on the list name above or
go to &a.mailman.lists.link; and click on the list that you
are interested in. The list page should contain all of the
necessary subscription instructions.</para>
<para>To actually post to a given list, send mail to
<email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>@FreeBSD.org</email>.
It will then be redistributed to mailing list members
world-wide.</para>
<para>To unsubscribe yourself from a list, click on the URL
found at the bottom of every email received from the list.
It is also possible to send an email to
<email><replaceable>listname</replaceable>-unsubscribe@FreeBSD.org</email>
to unsubscribe yourself.</para>
<para>Again, we would like to request that you keep discussion
in the technical mailing lists on a technical track. If you
are only interested in important announcements then it is
suggested that you join the &a.announce;, which is intended
only for infrequent traffic.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="eresources-charters">
<title>List Charters</title>
<para><emphasis>All</emphasis> FreeBSD mailing lists have
certain basic rules which must be adhered to by anyone using
them. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result
in two (2) written warnings from the FreeBSD Postmaster
<email>postmaster@FreeBSD.org</email>, after which, on a
third offense, the poster will removed from all FreeBSD
mailing lists and filtered from further posting to them. We
regret that such rules and measures are necessary at all,
but today's Internet is a pretty harsh environment, it would
seem, and many fail to appreciate just how fragile some of
its mechanisms are.</para>
<para>Rules of the road:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The topic of any posting should adhere to the basic
charter of the list it is posted to, e.g., if the list
is about technical issues then your posting should contain
technical discussion. Ongoing irrelevant chatter or
flaming only detracts from the value of the mailing list
for everyone on it and will not be tolerated. For
free-form discussion on no particular topic, the &a.chat;
is freely available and should be used instead.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing
lists, and only to 2 when a clear and obvious need to post
to both lists exists. For most lists, there is already
a great deal of subscriber overlap and except for the most
esoteric mixes (say <quote>-stable & -scsi</quote>),
there really is no reason to post to more than one list at
a time. If a message is sent to you in such a way that
multiple mailing lists appear on the <literal>Cc</literal>
line then the <literal>Cc</literal> line should also be
trimmed before sending it out again. <emphasis>You are
still responsible for your own cross-postings, no matter
who the originator might have been.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Personal attacks and profanity (in the context of
an argument) are not allowed, and that includes users
and developers alike. Gross breaches of netiquette,
like excerpting or reposting private mail when permission
to do so was not and would not be forthcoming, are frowned
upon but not specifically enforced.
<emphasis>However</emphasis>, there are also very few
cases where such content would fit within the charter
of a list and it would therefore probably rate a warning
(or ban) on that basis alone.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Advertising of non-FreeBSD related products or
services is strictly prohibited and will result in an
immediate ban if it is clear that the offender is
advertising by spam.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para><emphasis>Individual list charters:</emphasis></para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.acpi.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>ACPI and power management
development</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.afs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Andrew File System</emphasis></para>
<para>This list is for discussion on porting and using
AFS from CMU/Transarc</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.announce.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Important events /
milestones</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people interested
only in occasional announcements of significant FreeBSD
events. This includes announcements about snapshots
and other releases. It contains announcements of new
FreeBSD capabilities. It may contain calls for
volunteers etc. This is a low volume, strictly
moderated mailing list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.arch.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Architecture and design
discussions</emphasis></para>
<para>This list is for discussion of the FreeBSD
architecture. Messages will mostly be kept strictly
technical in nature. Examples of suitable topics
are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>How to re-vamp the build system to have several
customized builds running at the same time.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>What needs to be fixed with VFS to make
Heidemann layers work.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How do we change the device driver interface
to be able to use the same drivers cleanly on many
buses and architectures.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to write a network driver.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.bluetooth.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&bluetooth; in FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the forum where FreeBSD's &bluetooth; users
congregate. Design issues, implementation details,
patches, bug reports, status reports, feature requests,
and all matters related to &bluetooth; are fair
game.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.bugbusters.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Coordination of the Problem Report
handling effort</emphasis></para>
<para>The purpose of this list is to serve as a
coordination and discussion forum for the Bugmeister,
his Bugbusters, and any other parties who have a genuine
interest in the PR database. This list is not for
discussions about specific bugs, patches or PRs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.bugs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Bug reports</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for reporting bugs in
FreeBSD. Whenever possible, bugs should be submitted
using the &man.send-pr.1; command or the <ulink
url="&url.base;/send-pr.html">WEB
interface</ulink> to it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.chat.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Non technical items related to the FreeBSD
community</emphasis></para>
<para>This list contains the overflow from the other
lists about non-technical, social information. It
includes discussion about whether Jordan looks like a
toon ferret or not, whether or not to type in capitals,
who is drinking too much coffee, where the best beer
is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and
so on. Occasional announcements of important events
(such as upcoming parties, weddings, births, new jobs,
etc) can be made to the technical lists, but the follow
ups should be directed to this -chat list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.chromium.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD-specific Chromium
issues</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a list for the discussion of Chromium
support for FreeBSD. This is a technical list to
discuss development and installation of Chromium.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.core.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD core team</emphasis></para>
<para>This is an internal mailing list for use by the core
members. Messages can be sent to it when a serious
FreeBSD-related matter requires arbitration or
high-level scrutiny.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.current.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of
&os.current;</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for users of &os.current;.
It includes warnings about new features coming out in
-CURRENT that will affect the users, and instructions
on steps that must be taken to remain -CURRENT. Anyone
running <quote>CURRENT</quote> must subscribe to this
list. This is a technical mailing list for which
strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.cvsweb.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD CVSweb Project</emphasis></para>
<para>Technical discussions about use, development and
maintenance of FreeBSD-CVSweb.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.desktop.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Using and improving &os; on the
desktop</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for discussion of &os; on the
desktop. It is primarily a place for desktop porters
and users to discuss issues and improve &os;'s desktop
support.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.doc.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Documentation project</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list is for the discussion of issues
and projects related to the creation of documentation
for FreeBSD. The members of this mailing list are
collectively referred to as <quote>The FreeBSD
Documentation Project</quote>. It is an open list;
feel free to join and contribute!</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.drivers.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Writing device drivers for
&os;</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
to device drivers on &os;. It is primarily a place
for device driver writers to ask questions about how
to write device drivers using the APIs in the &os;
kernel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.eclipse.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&os; users of Eclipse IDE, tools, rich
client applications and ports.</emphasis></para>
<para>The intention of this list is to provide mutual
support for everything to do with choosing, installing,
using, developing and maintaining the Eclipse IDE,
tools, rich client applications on the &os; platform and
assisting with the porting of Eclipse IDE and plugins to
the &os; environment.</para>
<para>The intention is also to facilitate exchange of
information between the Eclipse community and the &os;
community to the mutual benefit of both.</para>
<para>Although this list is focused primarily on the needs
of Eclipse users it will also provide a forum for those
who would like to develop &os; specific applications
using the Eclipse framework.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.embedded.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Using FreeBSD in embedded
applications</emphasis></para>
<para>This list discusses topics related to using FreeBSD
in embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list
for which strictly technical content is expected. For
the purpose of this list we define embedded systems as
those computing devices which are not desktops and which
usually serve a single purpose as opposed to being
general computing environments. Examples include, but
are not limited to, all kinds of phone handsets, network
equipment such as routers, switches and PBXs, remote
measuring equipment, PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and
so on.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.emulation.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Emulation of other systems such as
Linux/&ms-dos;/&windows;</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
to running programs written for other operating systems
on &os;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.eol.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Peer support of FreeBSD-related software
that is no longer supported by the FreeBSD
project.</emphasis></para>
<para>This list is for those interested in providing or
making use of peer support of FreeBSD-related software
for which the FreeBSD project no longer provides
official support (e.g., in the form of security
advisories and patches).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.firewire.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&firewire; (iLink, IEEE
1394)</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a mailing list for discussion of the design
and implementation of a &firewire; (aka IEEE 1394 aka
iLink) subsystem for FreeBSD. Relevant topics
specifically include the standards, bus devices and
their protocols, adapter boards/cards/chips sets, and
the architecture and implementation of code for their
proper support.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.fs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>File systems</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD file systems.
This is a technical mailing list for which strictly
technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.gecko.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Gecko Rendering Engine</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum about
<application>Gecko</application> applications using
&os;.</para>
<para>Discussion centers around Gecko Ports applications,
their installation, their development and their support
within &os;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.geom.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>GEOM</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions specific to GEOM and related
implementations. This is a technical mailing list for
which strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.gnome.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>GNOME</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions concerning The
<application>GNOME</application> Desktop Environment
for FreeBSD systems. This is a technical mailing list
for which strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.infiniband.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Infiniband on &os;</emphasis></para>
<para>Technical mailing list discussing Infiniband, OFED,
and OpenSM on &os;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ipfw.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>IP Firewall</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the forum for technical discussions
concerning the redesign of the IP firewall code in
FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing list for which
strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ia64.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Porting FreeBSD to IA64</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a technical mailing list for individuals
actively working on porting FreeBSD to the IA-64
platform from &intel;, to bring up problems or discuss
alternative solutions. Individuals interested in
following the technical discussion are also
welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.isdn.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>ISDN Communications</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the
development of ISDN support for FreeBSD.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.java.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&java; Development</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people discussing the
development of significant &java; applications for
FreeBSD and the porting and maintenance of
&jdk;s.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="eresources-charters-jobs">
<term>&a.jobs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Jobs offered and sought</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for posting employment notices
and resumes specifically related to &os;, e.g., if you
are seeking &os;-related employment or have a job
involving &os; to advertise then this is the right
place. This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a mailing list
for general employment issues since adequate forums
for that already exist elsewhere.</para>
<para>Note that this list, like other <hostid
role="domainname">FreeBSD.org</hostid> mailing lists,
is distributed worldwide. Thus, you need to be clear
about location and the extent to which telecommuting or
assistance with relocation is available.</para>
<para>Email should use open formats only —
preferably plain text, but basic Portable Document
Format (<acronym>PDF</acronym>), HTML, and a few others
are acceptable to many readers. Closed formats such as
µsoft; Word (<filename>.doc</filename>) will be
rejected by the mailing list server.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.kde.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>KDE</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions concerning
<application>KDE</application> on FreeBSD systems.
This is a technical mailing list for which strictly
technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.hackers.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Technical discussions</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
to FreeBSD. This is the primary technical mailing list.
It is for individuals actively working on FreeBSD, to
bring up problems or discuss alternative solutions.
Individuals interested in following the technical
discussion are also welcome. This is a technical
mailing list for which strictly technical content is
expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.hardware.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>General discussion of FreeBSD
hardware</emphasis></para>
<para>General discussion about the types of hardware
that FreeBSD runs on, various problems and suggestions
concerning what to buy or avoid.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.hubs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Mirror sites</emphasis></para>
<para>Announcements and discussion for people who run
FreeBSD mirror sites.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.isp.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Issues for Internet Service
Providers</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list is for discussing topics relevant
to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) using FreeBSD.
This is a technical mailing list for which strictly
technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.mono.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Mono and C# applications on
FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a list for discussions related to the Mono
development framework on &os;. This is a technical
mailing list. It is for individuals actively working
on porting Mono or C# applications to &os;, to bring
up problems or discuss alternative solutions.
Individuals interested in following the technical
discussion are also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.office.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Office applications on
&os;</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussion centers around office applications,
their installation, their development and their support
within &os;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ops-announce.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Project Infrastructure
Announcements</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people interested in
changes and issues related to the FreeBSD.org project
infrastructure.</para>
<para>This moderated list is strictly for announcements: no replies,
requests, discussions, or opinions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.performance.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussions about tuning or speedingup
FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list exists to provide a place for
hackers, administrators, and/or concerned parties to
discuss performance related topics pertaining to
FreeBSD. Acceptable topics includes talking about
FreeBSD installations that are either under high load,
are experiencing performance problems, or are pushing
the limits of FreeBSD. Concerned parties that are
willing to work toward improving the performance of
FreeBSD are highly encouraged to subscribe to this list.
This is a highly technical list ideally suited for
experienced FreeBSD users, hackers, or administrators
interested in keeping FreeBSD fast, robust, and
scalable. This list is not a question-and-answer list
that replaces reading through documentation, but it is a
place to make contributions or inquire about unanswered
performance related topics.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.pf.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussion and questions about the packet
filter firewall system</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussion concerning the packet filter (pf)
firewall system in terms of FreeBSD. Technical
discussion and user questions are both welcome. This
list is also a place to discuss the ALTQ QoS
framework.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.pkg.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Binary package management and package
tools discussion</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussion of all aspects of managing &os; systems
by using binary packages to install software, including
binary package toolkits and formats, their development
and support within &os;, package repository management,
and 3rd party packages.</para>
<para>Note that discussion of ports which fail to generate
packages correctly should generally be considered as
ports problems, and so inappropriate for this
list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.platforms.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Porting to Non &intel;
platforms</emphasis></para>
<para>Cross-platform FreeBSD issues, general discussion
and proposals for non &intel; FreeBSD ports. This is
a technical mailing list for which strictly technical
content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ports.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussion of
<quote>ports</quote></emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions concerning FreeBSD's <quote>ports
collection</quote> (<filename>/usr/ports</filename>),
ports infrastructure, and general ports coordination
efforts. This is a technical mailing list for which
strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ports-announce.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Important news and instructions about the
&os; <quote>Ports
Collection</quote></emphasis></para>
<para>Important news for developers, porters, and users
of the <quote>Ports Collection</quote> (<filename
class="directory">/usr/ports</filename>), including
architecture/infrastructure changes, new capabilities,
critical upgrade instructions, and release engineering
information. This is a low-volume mailing list,
intended for announcements.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ports-bugs.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussion of
<quote>ports</quote> bugs</emphasis></para>
<para>Discussions concerning problem reports for FreeBSD's
<quote>ports collection</quote>
(<filename>/usr/ports</filename>), proposed ports, or
modifications to ports. This is a technical mailing
list for which strictly technical content is
expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.proliant.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP
ProLiant server platforms</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list is to be used for the technical
discussion of the usage of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant
servers, including the discussion of ProLiant-specific
drivers, management software, configuration tools, and
BIOS updates. As such, this is the primary place to
discuss the hpasmd, hpasmcli, and hpacucli
modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.python.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Python on FreeBSD</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a list for discussions related to improving
Python-support on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing
list. It is for individuals working on porting Python,
its 3rd party modules and
<application>Zope</application> stuff to FreeBSD.
Individuals interested in following the technical
discussion are also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.questions.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>User questions</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for questions about
FreeBSD. You should not send <quote>how to</quote>
questions to the technical lists unless you consider
the question to be pretty technical.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.ruby.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>FreeBSD-specific Ruby
discussions</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a list for discussions related to the Ruby
support on FreeBSD. This is a technical mailing
list. It is for individuals working on Ruby ports,
3rd party libraries and frameworks.</para>
<para>Individuals interested in the technical discussion
are also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.scsi.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>SCSI subsystem</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for people working on
the SCSI subsystem for FreeBSD. This is a technical
mailing list for which strictly technical content is
expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.security.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Security issues</emphasis></para>
<para>FreeBSD computer security issues (DES, Kerberos,
known security holes and fixes, etc). This is a
technical mailing list for which strictly technical
discussion is expected. Note that this is not a
question-and-answer list, but that contributions (BOTH
question AND answer) to the FAQ are welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.security-notifications.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Security Notifications</emphasis></para>
<para>Notifications of FreeBSD security problems and
fixes. This is not a discussion list. The discussion
list is FreeBSD-security.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.small.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Using FreeBSD in embedded
applications</emphasis></para>
<para>This list discusses topics related to unusually
small and embedded FreeBSD installations. This is a
technical mailing list for which strictly technical
content is expected.</para>
<note>
<para>This list has been obsoleted by
&a.embedded.name;.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.snapshots.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&os; Development Snapshot
Announcements</emphasis></para>
<para>This list will notify you about the availability
of new &os; development snapshots for the head/ and
stable/ branches.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.stable.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussions about the use of
&os.stable;</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for users of &os.stable;.
It includes warnings about new features coming out in
-STABLE that will affect the users, and instructions
on steps that must be taken to remain -STABLE. Anyone
running <quote>STABLE</quote> should subscribe to this
list. This is a technical mailing list for which
strictly technical content is expected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.standards.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>C99 & POSIX
Conformance</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for technical discussions related
to FreeBSD Conformance to the C99 and the POSIX
standards.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.toolchain.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Maintenance of FreeBSD's integrated
toolchain</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for discussions related
to the maintenance of the toolchain shipped with &os;.
This could include the state of Clang and GCC, but also
pieces of software such as assemblers, linkers and
debuggers.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.usb.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussing &os; support for
USB</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a mailing list for technical discussions
related to &os; support for USB.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.usergroups.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>User Group Coordination
List</emphasis></para>
<para>This is the mailing list for the coordinators from
each of the local area Users Groups to discuss matters
with each other and a designated individual from the
Core Team. This mail list should be limited to meeting
synopsis and coordination of projects that span User
Groups.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.virtualization.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussion of various virtualization
techniques supported by &os;</emphasis></para>
<para>A list to discuss the various virtualization
techniques supported by &os;. On one hand the focus
will be on the implementation of the basic functionality
as well as adding new features. On the other hand users
will have a forum to ask for help in case of problems or
to discuss their use cases.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.wip-status.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>&os; Work-In-Progress
Status</emphasis></para>
<para>This mailing list can be used to announce creation
and progress of your &os; related work. Messages
will be moderated. It is suggested to send the message
"To:" a more topical &os; list and only "BCC:"
this list. This way your WIP can also be discussed on
the topical list, as no discussion is allowed on this
list.</para>
<para>Look inside the archives for examples of suitable
messages.</para>
<para>An editorial digest of the messages to this list
might be posted to the &os; website every few month
as part of the Status Reports
<footnote><para><ulink
url="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/"></ulink></para></footnote>.
You can find more examples and past reports there,
too.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.wireless.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device
driver development</emphasis></para>
<para>The FreeBSD-wireless list focuses on 802.11 stack
(sys/net80211), device driver and tools development.
This includes bugs, new features and maintenance.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.xen.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Discussion of the &os; port to &xen;
— implementation and usage</emphasis></para>
<para>A list that focuses on the &os; &xen; port. The
anticipated traffic level is small enough that it is
intended as a forum for both technical discussions of
the implementation and design details as well as
administrative deployment issues.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.xfce.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>XFCE</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring
the <application>XFCE</application> environment to &os;.
This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals
actively working on porting
<application>XFCE</application> to &os;, to bring up
problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
interested in following the technical discussion are
also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>&a.zope.name;</term>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Zope</emphasis></para>
<para>This is a forum for discussions related to bring
the <application>Zope</application> environment to &os;.
This is a technical mailing list. It is for individuals
actively working on porting
<application>Zope</application> to &os;, to bring up
problems or discuss alternative solutions. Individuals
interested in following the technical discussion are
also welcome.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="eresources-mailfiltering">
<title>Filtering on the Mailing Lists</title>
<para>The &os; mailing lists are filtered in multiple ways to
avoid the distribution of spam, viruses, and other unwanted
emails. The filtering actions described in this section do
not include all those used to protect the mailing
lists.</para>
<para>Only certain types of attachments are allowed on the
mailing lists. All attachments with a MIME content type not
found in the list below will be stripped before an email is
distributed on the mailing lists.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>application/octet-stream</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>application/pdf</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>application/pgp-signature</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>application/x-pkcs7-signature</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>message/rfc822</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>multipart/alternative</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>multipart/related</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>multipart/signed</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>text/html</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>text/plain</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>text/x-diff</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>text/x-patch</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>Some of the mailing lists might allow attachments of
other MIME content types, but the above list should be
applicable for most of the mailing lists.</para>
</note>
<para>If an email contains both an HTML and a plain text
version, the HTML version will be removed. If an email
contains only an HTML version, it will be converted to plain
text.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="eresources-news">
<title>Usenet Newsgroups</title>
<para>In addition to two FreeBSD specific newsgroups, there are
many others in which FreeBSD is discussed or are otherwise
relevant to FreeBSD users.</para>
<sect2>
<title>BSD Specific Newsgroups</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:de.comp.os.unix.bsd">de.comp.os.unix.bsd</ulink>
(German)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:fr.comp.os.bsd">fr.comp.os.bsd</ulink>
(French)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:it.comp.os.freebsd">it.comp.os.freebsd</ulink>
(Italian)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Other &unix; Newsgroups of Interest</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="news:comp.unix">comp.unix</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.admin">comp.unix.admin</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.programmer">comp.unix.programmer</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.shell">comp.unix.shell</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.user-friendly">comp.unix.user-friendly</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.security.unix">comp.security.unix</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.sources.unix">comp.sources.unix</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.advocacy">comp.unix.advocacy</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.misc">comp.unix.misc</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.unix.bsd">comp.unix.bsd</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>X Window System</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.i386unix">comp.windows.x.i386unix</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x">comp.windows.x</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.apps">comp.windows.x.apps</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.announce">comp.windows.x.announce</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.intrinsics">comp.windows.x.intrinsics</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.motif">comp.windows.x.motif</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.windows.x.pex">comp.windows.x.pex</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine">comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="eresources-web">
<title>World Wide Web Servers</title>
<sect2 id="eresources-web-social">
<title>Forums, Blogs, and Social Networks</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://forums.freebsd.org/">The
FreeBSD Forums</ulink> provide a web based discussion
forum for FreeBSD questions and technical
discussion.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink
url="http://planet.freebsdish.org/">Planet FreeBSD</ulink>
offers an aggregation feed of dozens of blogs written by
FreeBSD developers. Many developers use this to post quick
notes about what they are working on, new patches, and other
works in progress.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The <ulink
url="http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences">BSDConferences
YouTube Channel</ulink> provides a collection of high
quality videos from BSD Conferences around the world. This
is a great way to watch key developers give presentations
about new work in FreeBSD.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="eresources-web-mirrors">
<title>Official Mirrors</title>
&chap.eresources.www.index.inc;
&chap.mirrors.lastmod.inc;
&chap.eresources.www.inc;
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="eresources-email">
<title>Email Addresses</title>
<para>The following user groups provide FreeBSD related email
addresses for their members. The listed administrator reserves
the right to revoke the address if it is abused in any
way.</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Domain</entry>
<entry>Facilities</entry>
<entry>User Group</entry>
<entry>Administrator</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org</entry>
<entry>Forwarding only</entry>
<entry><email>ukfreebsd@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry>
<entry>Lee Johnston
<email>lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</email></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect1>
</appendix>