MRTG-FORUM(1)			     mrtg			 MRTG-FORUM(1)



NAME
       mrtg-forum - Interactive Help for MRTG users

SYNOPSIS
       There is a lot of written documentation for mrtg, but nevertheless you
       may have a problem where you cant 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 connection 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 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.

	  If you do not follow the rules you will be unsubscribed from the
	   list with no further questions asked.

	  Decisions about your unsubscription from the list will be taken by

	    Alex van den Bogaerdt 
	    Paul C. Williamson	  

	   If you feel that you have been treated unfairly, you may send mail
	   to me and explain the situation.

	    Tobi Oetiker 

       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: 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://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg

       There is also a web interface to manage your mailing-list subscription.

	http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/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 Newsgroup on:

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

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.

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.

MRTG Trkiye
       There is a special Mailinglist for MRTG Users in Turkey. Go to
       http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mrtg-turkiye/ for more information.

AUTHOR
       Tobias Oetiker  and many contributors



2.14.7				  2006-09-06			 MRTG-FORUM(1)