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 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 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 <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>

   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@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 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

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.

AUTHOR

       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch> and many contributors