Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:32:09 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz> To: Murray Taylor <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: RE: getting alerts about system upgrades Message-ID: <20060601132636.O62075@a2.scoop.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F117CD63@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F117CD63@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Murray Taylor wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> Andrew McNaughton >> >> 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. >> > > 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.. Helpful I'm sure, but I'm not new to email. I've got extensive filtering in place, but there's a lot of irregular stuff that doesn't match rules, and sorting stuff like security-announce into a separate mailbox would just put it out of sight where it's easier to miss. 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
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