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3 <h2 align="center">Samba IRC Channels</h2>
5 <p>Samba is discussed on two IRC channels on the <a href="http://www.freenode.net/">FreeNode</a> network(irc.freenode.net).
9 <p>User questions about Samba can be asked in this channel.
10 Please keep a few things in mind:
13 <li>Make sure you have read the right parts of the <a href="docs/man/">documentation</a> before asking a question.
14 <li>Don't ask if there is anybody who can help, just ask your question. If there is somebody who knows the answer, (s)he will reply.
15 <li>Make sure you are either running the latest version of Samba or
16 have verified that your problem is not fixed in a later release then
17 the one you are running.
18 <li>If you desperately need an answer and nobody is answering on IRC,
19 try the <a href="archives.html">mailing lists</a>.
22 <h3>#samba-technical</h3>
23 <p>This channel is the equivalent of the samba-technical mailinglist.
24 It is used by the developers to discuss Samba internals and development.
26 <p><b>Note</b>: This channel is for discussion about
27 development issues only, not for questions about problems with Samba!
29 <p>Stats and logs for both channels are available at <a href="http://irc.vernstok.nl/">irc.vernstok.nl</a>.
31 <p>Freenode has a couple of <a href="http://freenode.net/channel_guidelines.shtml">general notes about behaviour in IRC channels</a>.
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