<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//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 behaviour 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 >