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NAME
forum - Interactive Help for MRTG users
SYNOPSIS
There is a lot of written documentation for mrtg, but nev ertheless you may have a problem where you can't find the solution. In this case some Human Help may be necessary. With MRTG there are several ways to get Humans to help you.
MAILING-LIST
There are three mailing lists for MRTG available.
- mrtg
- for discussion among mrtg users.
- mrtg-announce
- for announcements regarding new versions of mrtg
related software. - mrtg-developers
- for discussion among people who write software in con
nection with mrtg or who hack mrtg itself. - THE RULES
- Please note that the memebers of the mrtg mailinglist
value politeness highly. This means behave in a way you
would like others to behave towards you. - · No shouting. (NO CAPS)
- · No rude language
- · No demands. everybody is on the list out of their own
- free will. If you do not get an answer to your ques
tion, chances are high that you did not give sufficent
details about the nature of your problem or that the
answer to your problem is in the documentation. - · If you do not follow the rules you will be unsub
- scribed from the list with no further questions asked.
- · Decisions about your unsubscription from the list will
- be taken by
Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex@slot.hollandcasino.nl>
Paul C. Williamson <pwilliamson@MANDTBANK.COM> - If you feel that you have been treated unfairly, you
may send mail to me and explain the situation.
Tobi Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch> - SUBSCRIBING
- These lists are managed by a mailing-list management pro
gram (listar). It allows you to subscribe to these lists
by sending a message with the subject: subscribe to the following address:
listname-request@list.ee.ethz.ch - You will then get a message asking you to confirm your
subscription. - For posting to the lists use the following address
listname@list.ee.ethz.ch - Note that only people who are subscribed to the list can
post. - Further information about the usage of the mailing lists
is available by sending a message with the subject line
help to either one of the request addresses. - For past activity there is also a mailing list archive
available:
http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg - There is also a web interface to manage your mailing-list
subscription.
http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
NEWSGROUP
- For discussion of MRTG or related topics on the Usenet,
please send your posts to: - news:comp.dcom.net-management
- Many MRTG users are in this forum and will help you. You
can also find an archive of past activity from this News
group on:
http://groups.google.com
MRTG Japan
There is a special Mailinglist for MRTG Users in Japan. It
carries translations of the traffic from MRTG-ANNOUNCE as
well as updates on the Japanese Translation of the MRTG
documentation. Go to http://www.mrtg.jp/info/ml.html for
further Information. Note that the list is in Japanese.
AUTHOR
- Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch> and many contributors