=head1 NAME

mrtg-forum - Interactive Help for MRTG users

=head1 SYNOPSIS

There is a lot of written documentation for mrtg, but nevertheless 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.

=head1 MAILING-LIST

There are three mailing lists for MRTG available.

=over

=item mrtg

for discussion among mrtg users.

=item mrtg-announce

for announcements regarding new versions of mrtg related software.

=item mrtg-developers

for discussion among people who write software in connection with mrtg or

who hack mrtg itself.

=back

=head2 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.

=over

=item *

No shouting. (NO CAPS)

=item *

No rude language

=item *

No demands. everybody is on the list out of their own free will. If

you do not get an answer to your question, 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.

=item *

If you do not follow the rules you will be unsubscribed from the list

with no further questions asked.

=item *

Decisions about your unsubscription from the list will be taken by

 Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex at ergens.op.het.net>

 Paul C. Williamson    <pwilliamson at MANDTBANK.COM>

If you feel that you have been treated unfairly, you may send mail to

me and explain the situation.

 Tobi Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>

=back

=head2 SUBSCRIBING

These lists are managed by a mailing-list management program (listar).

It allows you to subscribe to these lists by sending a message with the

subject: B<subscribe> to the following address:

 listname-request@lists.oetiker.ch

You will then get a message asking you to confirm your subscription.

For posting to the lists use the following address

 listname@lists.oetiker.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 B<help> to

either one of the request addresses.

There is also a webinterface to the lists on

 http://lists.oetiker.ch

List archives are on

 http://www.mail-archive.com/index.php?hunt=mrtg

and

 http://gmane.org/find.php?list=mrtg

=head1 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 Newsgroup on:

 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.net-management

=head1 IRC Channel

For discussion of MRTG and related topics on IRC, the `#mrtg' channel on

EFNet has been created.

More information can be found at

 http://mrtg.easymac.org

=head1 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/ for further Information.

=head1 AUTHOR

Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt> and many contributors