Improving /etc/motd and ANSI

[Eric van Gyzen]

On 09/08/2014 01:32, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Also, we should reference a url for questions or problems, and not
> include questions@ in the motd... The url can better include
> information, and other places to find help, like for forums.

Warren:  Thank you for your effort to maintain this.

As another possibility, how about putting just the following in /etc/motd:

====

    Welcome to FreeBSD!  For help getting started, please visit:

        http://freebsd.org/welcome

    Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement.

====

That URL would contain the information currently in /etc/motd.  We could
easily maintain it to match the real world.  Always up-to-date
information, extreme flexibility for presentation, small motd, zero risk
of terminal incompatibility, no confusing quotes.

Eric