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@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ PC-related machines share files and printers and other informatiuon such as lists of available files and printers. Operating systems that support this natively include Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux and add on packages that achieve the same thing are available for DOS, Windows, -VMS, Unix of all kinds, MVS, and more. There is no reason why Apple -Macs and indeed any Web browser should not be able to speak this -protocol, and current development (in which the Samba team is heavily -involved) is aimed at exactly that. Alternatives to SMB include +VMS, Unix of all kinds, MVS, and more. Apple Macs and some Web Browsers +can speak this protocol as well. Alternatives to SMB include Netware, NFS, Appletalk, Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have advantages but none are both public specifications and widely implemented in desktop machines by default. @@ -102,19 +100,22 @@ DOCUMENTATION There is quite a bit of documentation included with the package, including man pages, and lots of .txt files with hints and useful -info. This is also available from the web page. +info. This is also available from the web page. There is a growing +collection of information under docs/faq; by the next release expect +this to be the default starting point. FTP SITE -------- -The main anonymous ftp distribution site for this software is -samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba/. +Please use a mirror site! The list of mirrors is in docs/MIRRORS.txt. +The master ftp site is samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba. MAILING LIST ------------ There is a mailing list for discussion of Samba. To subscribe send mail to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au with a body of "subscribe samba Your Name" +Please do NOT send this request to the list alias instead. To send mail to everyone on the list mail to samba@listproc.anu.edu.au @@ -149,5 +150,3 @@ this package. Have you registered with the survey yet? :-) It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him at ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au. - - |