<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="knode-more-info"> <title> Further Information</title> <anchor id="anc-knode-more-info"/> <!-- TRANSLATORS! Please modify this chapter for your language specific needs --> <para>In this section we will detail some additional information resources which could be useful to you. Many of the articles listed below (for which <acronym>URL</acronym>s are given) are posted to news groups regularly; some of those groups are also listed here.</para> <sect1 id="infos-newsgroups"> <title>Informative Newsgroups</title> <anchor id="anc-infos-newsgroups"/> <simplelist> <member>news.answers</member> <member>news.newusers.questions</member> <member>de.newsusers.infos (German)</member> <member>de.answers (German)</member> <member>de.comp.os.unix.linux.infos (German)</member> <member>de.newusers.answers (German)</member> <member>de.newusers.questions (German)</member> </simplelist> <para>For beginners it is especially recommended to read these articles at least partially: informed users have strong advantages in news groups. There are some more-specialized news groups where <acronym>FAQ</acronym>s and introductory <glossterm>articles</glossterm> are posted frequently, ⪚ the <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm> de.comp.os.unix.linux.infos (German), which contains a lot of useful articles about the &Linux; operating system. Just have a look on the group list of your newsserver for it.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="infos-testgroups"> <title>Test Groups</title> <anchor id="anc-infos-testgroups"/> <para>The following groups were created especially for testing, &ie; after successfully configuring &knode; you should post some articles to those groups to test your settings.</para> <para>Some groups support automatic replies through email to enable you to test whether your entered identity is correct and mail-replies actually arrive in your mailbox.</para> <para>In addition, some scripts are offered which check your articles for erroneous settings and generate a followup with useful hints.</para> <simplelist> <member>de.test (German test newsgroup)</member> <member>misc.test</member> <member>alt.test</member> <member>alt.test.ignore</member> </simplelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="infos-urls"> <title>Informative technical articles in the world wide web</title> <anchor id="anc-infos-urls"/> <para>These <acronym>URL</acronym>s are from the corresponding article in the <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm> <emphasis>de.newusers.infos</emphasis> and have the same contents as the articles posted there.</para> <simplelist> <member>Introduction for de.newusers.infos: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/einleitung">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/einleitung</ulink> (German)</member> <member>The newsgroups of the de.alt hierarchy: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-alt-newsgruppen"> http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-alt-newsgruppen</ulink> (German)</member> <member>The newsgroups of the de-hierarchy: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-newsgruppen">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-newsgruppen</ulink> (German)</member> <member>First read, then post: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erst-lesen-dann-schreiben">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erst-lesen-dann-schreiben</ulink> (German)</member> <member>First steps in the usenet: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erste-schritte">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erste-schritte</ulink> (German)</member> <member>Questions and answers from de.newusers.questions: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/faq">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/faq</ulink> (German)</member> <member>Seven theses about behavior in the internet: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/hoeflichkeit">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/hoeflichkeit</ulink> (German)</member> <member>Introduction to the usenet: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung</ulink> (German)</member> <member>Why should I take the rules seriously? <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/warum-regel">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/warum-regel</ulink> (German)</member> <member>The newsreader <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink url="http://www.crosswinds.net/~cgarbers/faq/newsreaderFAQ.htm">http://www.crosswinds.net/~cgarbers/faq/newsreaderFAQ.htm</ulink></member> <member>The correct quoting: <ulink url="http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren">http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren</ulink> (German)</member> <member>The German umlauts <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink url="http://www.westfalen.de/paefken/de.newusers/umlaute-faq.txt"> http://www.westfalen.de/paefken/de.newusers/umlaute-faq.txt</ulink> (German)</member> </simplelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="infos-technical"> <title>Informative technical articles</title> <anchor id="anc-infos-technical"/> <para>If you are interested in further technical information in connection to news, you should not miss the following <acronym>URL</acronym>s.</para> <simplelist> <member>Header entries: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/headerzeilen"> http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/headerzeilen</ulink> (German)</member> <member>A very useful message-ID <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink url="http://www.qad.org/faq/faq-messageid.html"> http://www.qad.org/faq/faq-messageid.html</ulink></member> <member>A lot of links about newsreaders and related topics: <ulink url="http://www.leafnode.org/links">http://www.leafnode.org/links</ulink></member> <member><acronym>RFC</acronym>s, Drafts and documents for the technical interested: <ulink url="http://www.landfield.com/usefor/"> http://www.landfield.com/usefor/</ulink></member> </simplelist> </sect1> </chapter>