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There are numerous reasons why you might wish to establish contact with me,
the author of MsgEd TE.
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You have decided to use MsgEd TE on a regular basis. In this case,
please do send me an e-mail at the address listed below. How much time I will
spend on developing MsgEd TE in the future will heavily depend on the
number of mails I receive from users that tell me that they do use
MsgEd TE.
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You have a general questions on how to configure or on how to use a certain
feature of MsgEd TE. In other words, you need support. In this case,
you'd best post your question to one of the following echos:
MSGED_ECHO
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The international MsgEd conference. English is the preferred language here.
OS2BBS.GER
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This German echo covers OS/2 Fidonet software. I monitor it regularly.
OS2NET.BBS.GER
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The equivalent of OS2.BBS.GER in the German OS/2 net. I monitor it regularly.
If you do not have access to any of these echos, you may of course also
contact me via netmail or e-mail at the addresses listed below.
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You want to report a bug. There are two sorts of bugs:
- Normal bugs.
You think that a certain function of MsgEd TE does not work as expected,
e.g. it is producing garbage, or doing strange things, or similar. In this
case, either post to the echos listed above, or contact me via
netmail. Please do supply all information that is necessary to understand
your problem.
- Fatal bugs.
A fatal bug occurs if MsgEd TE crashes. Depending on your operating
system, the symptom might be a core dump, or a SYS 3175, or a general
protection fault, or a system lockup, or a spontaneous reboot. I do consider
a crash untolerable. No matter how stupid things you do, you should not be
able to crash MsgEd TE.
If you are running the precompiled Linux binary, reporting a fatal bug is
exceptionally easy. If you experience a crash, simply send me the `core'
file that has been generated. You do not need to try to reproduce it or write
extensive descriptions. Simply send the `core' file, and in most
circumstances I will be able to fix the problem.
If you are running any other binary version (like OS/2, DOS, Windows), you
will not get a core file on a crash. (On OS/2, you can write me a mail and
ask me for sending you a debugging executable. This will require the EMX
runtime, but generate `core' files just like the Unix version
does. On DOS and windows, you do not have this option). Write down as much
information as you can, try to find a way to reproduce the crash and contact
me at the addresses below.
- You want to contribute to MsgEd TE.
If you are a programmer and have fixed a problem in MsgEd TE on your
own, please submit your changes to me. The preferred way for doing so is to
send me a difference file in GNU diff format. Your work will be highly
appreceated and honored in an appropriate place. If you want to regularly
work on MsgEd TE, we also have a CVS server online that you can have
access to if you like.
If you want to write a new feature for MsgEd TE, please contact me
beforehand to avoid that we do duplicate work. Again, I will appreciate and
honor eny efforts done by you. Please note that for writing a MsgEd TE
enhancement, you should be familiar with C. Also, MsgEd TE uses a
special indentaion style throughout the source code, that I would like you to
adhere to.
So here are my addresses if you want to get in contact with me:
- Fidonet:
Tobias Ernst 2:2476/418
- e-mail:
tobi@bland.fido.de
- Telefax:
+49 711 5000184
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