1.4. What are the FreeBSD mailing lists, and how can I get on them?

The following mailing lists are provided for FreeBSD users and developers. For more information, send to <majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> and include a single line saying ``help'' in the body of your message.

announce

For announcements about or on FreeBSD.

hackers

Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals.

questions

General questions on FreeBSD.

bugs

Where bugs should be sent.

SCSI

Mailing list for SCSI developers.

current

This is the mailing list for communications between the developers and users of freebsd-current. It also carries announcements and discussions on current.

security

For issues dealing with system security.

platforms

Deals with ports to non-Intel platforms

ports

Discussion of /usr/ports/???

fs

Discussion of FreeBSD Filesystems

hardware

Discussion on hardware requirements for FreeBSD.

committers

CVS commit messages for -current users

chat

What does not belong elsewhere, general chat, fun.

users-groups

This is the mailing list for the coordinators from each of the local area Users Groups to dicuss 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

The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing with different areas of interest. Please see the FreeBSD mailing list FAQ in: Handbook s section on mailing-lists

Example:

To subscribe to the questions list, you'll to send a message containing the following command in the body of the message, the subject is ignored:

            subscribe questions john.smith@foo.bar (John Smith)
          

To unsubscribe, it is as easy. Just remember to send your request to The mail administrator not to the list itself. The last thing the subscribred users want to see is administrative requests...