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Keep in touch with VNC developments
Please, before sending any questions to the mailing list,
make sure you've read the FAQ ! And the documentation
for the software you're using. And read them again. And checked the
contribs
page and searched the mailing
list archives. There are hundreds of helpful and friendly people
on the mailing list, but they're more likely to remain helpful and friendly
if you don't expect them to do your work for you! |
There are several ways to keep in touch with developments in VNC:
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Join a mailing list. This is the most important. If you don't know
what a mailing list is or how it works, have a look at this introduction.
There are 3 different mailing lists - you can choose the one(s) most
approriate for your level of interest!
vnc-list |
Main list for questions, suggestions, bug reports etc |
vnc-list-digest |
This carries the same messages, but will just send you one message
a day containing all of the last day's messages. You may prefer this
to the standard list, particularly if your mail reader won't filter the
traffic into a separate folder for you. |
vnc-announce
(new) |
This is for announcements of new versions of VNC, successful ports
to other platforms, availability of related software. This list is 'moderated',
which means that messages sent here will only appear if we approve them,
which we will do provided they are appropriate for the list. |
You can add yourself to or remove yourself from the mailing lists by
sending commands in the body of an email to majordomo@uk.research.att.com.
For example:
subscribe vnc-list
This asks for your name to be added to the list. Replace 'vnc-list'
with the list of your choice. More details will then be sent to you
by email.
You can remove yourself from the list in the same way, by using 'unsubscribe'
instead of 'subscribe'. You can also just send the command 'help',
to get more detailed instructions. Note that these should be sent to 'majordomo'
and not to the list itself! If your mailer modifies your email
address on the way out, you will be subscribed under this modified name,
which can make unsubscribing difficult, particularly if the mailer changes
it to something different at a later time, so if you like you can specify
the email address to be used:
subscribe vnc-list myaddress@company.com
and the same applies to unsubscribing.
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The archives of the mailing lists are available here,
and you can search them here.
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Check these web pages regularly. If you're looking at a mirror of the main
VNC site, click here for
the master version.
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Darxus@op.net has created a VNC channel
in IRC. For information on how to join it, see his
web page.
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If you need to contact the developers directly, send email to vnc@uk.research.att.com.
NOTE: Because of the level of interest in VNC we cannot, in general, reply
to messages, though we do promise to read them all! The mailing list is
a much better method of contact; others may have solved your problem before,
and may be able to help if we're not available.
We're interested in any and all feedback, but new features & bug fixes
are much more likely to be incorporated if you send us sample code showing
how to accomplish them! |
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