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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
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<b>Issue Number :</b> 35, 36 & 37<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2004-09-15<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#new-released">New documents @ The LDP</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#new-review">Documents submitted for review</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#tldp-world-news">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>6. <a href="#tldp-discussions">Discussions on The LDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>7. <a href="#tldp-contribute">HOWTO contribute to The LDP</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-released"></a>1. New documents @ The LDP</h1>
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<p>It's been a while, sorry to have kept you waiting. Here is the latest addition to our collection:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Tor Slettness contributed the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Spam-Filtering-for-MX/intro-purpose.html" target="_top">Spam Filtering for MX HOWTO</a>. With all the fuss
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around the subject of spam, this document comes at the time when we need it the most. Originally written as a documentation for the <span class="application">Exim</span> MTA, Tor adapted the content
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to be more widely usable. Everybody who manages mail exchangers will benefit from reading this guide on weeding out the rubbish and reclaiming your mail servers.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-review"></a>2. Documents submitted for review</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Eric S. Raymond brewed a new HOWTO, the <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/" target="_top">RPM Builder's Tricks and Traps HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>3. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David Horton is working on an <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7700:200407:jjpmpgdogjgchbhdhcfo" target="_top">LPI study guide</a>. He already asked around to
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get some feedback on this initiative, and could certainly use a hand.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>4. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">In his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/revision-history.html" target="_top">Linux IPv6 HOWTO</a> v0.47, Peter Bieringer added notes on <b class=
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"command">proftpd</b>, <b class="command">vsftpd</b> and other daemons. There are also more links to related sites.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Is your LUG organizing a Linux installation party? Check out v1.1 of Eric Meyerhoff's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Installfest-HOWTO/" target="_top">Installfest HOWTO</a>
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for smooth proceedings.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The Bugzilla Guide has been translated by the people over at <a href="http://www.traduc.org" target="_top">traduc.org</a>, it is called <a href=
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"http://www.traduc.org/docs/guides/lecture/bugzilla/Bugzilla-Guide.html" target="_top">Le livre de Bugzilla</a> in French (v2.16.4).</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Douglas Gilbert sent in v2.1 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux 2.4 SCSI subsystem HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>5. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Vim Macros for Editing DocBook Documents<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Linuxjournal has an article on <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=7737" target="_top">Vim Macros for Editing DocBook Documents</a>. Mitch Frazier's
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article discusses Macros for key mappings, tags and entities that can be used with DocBook/XML and other similar markup languages in VIm.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Enter the Librarian<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Stein Gjoen once proposed that the LDP should get professional help in (re)structuring and integrating its documents and that it should seek help from the field of Librarian
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Sciences. Stein sent in an email update indicating that Gerd Berget will be doing a masters project on this very topic at TLDP</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">New mirrors<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">These new mirrors were added to our collection during the last two weeks:</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ralph set up a Hong Kong based mirror at <a href="http://linux.com.hk/PenguinWeb/mirrors/LDP/" target="_top">http://linux.com.hk/PenguinWeb/mirrors/LDP/</a>;</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Christian did one in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at <a href="http://tldp.xmundo.net/" target="_top">http://tldp.xmundo.net/</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The people over at Zambonet on the Philippines have a mirror at <a href="http://www.opensourcecommunity.ph/LDP/" target="_top">http://www.opensourcecommunity.ph/LDP/</a>,
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in the city of Zamboanga.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Mehmet Ackin created a new mirror at <a href="http://ldp.cnnet.upr.edu" target="_top">http://ldp.cnnet.upr.edu</a>, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">From EndNote to LyX<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Ivan Baldinotti asked if someone read his howto (from endnote to LyX) that is now at <a href="http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/FromEndnote.tar.gz" target=
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"_top">http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/FromEndnote.tar.gz</a>. He thanked Rick Moen for hosting the document and is looking for a web storage to free the space that Rick offered</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">DB2 For Linux HOWTO<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Ian Hakes talked to Dan Scott about the DB2 For Linux HOWTO who allowed him to take over the DB2 for Linux Howto, with basically a full re-write to cover DB2's latest
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release V8.2 on up-to-date enterprise and personal Linux distributions (RHEL 3, SLES 8, SLES 9, along with Red Hat 8, Fedora Core 2, SuSE Pro 9.1, and possibly Mandrake 10, Gentoo and maybe even
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Debian). This effort was started by another writer, Rory Hinton, who had to drop off the project, so Ian would be taking primary responsibility for the document, which is about 60%
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complete.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-discussions"></a>6. Discussions on The LDP lists</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Info hard to find?<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">ESR had some problems submitting a new document, which was the start of a lengthy <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7900:200409:ngakcbimebpdcbalidmi" target=
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"_top">thread</a> on whether or not info for authors is easily accessible. Emma rounded of the discussion by asking for suggestions for improvement, if necessary.</span></p>
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<p>On the same lines another discussion was started by Venkat Ramana Enaganti, who submitted his <a href="http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/Autodir-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Autodir HOWTO</a>. He
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was unsure about the status of this document, and after the technical discussion the issue of <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msn:7892:200409:ofgjmkpbccmbboabfeie" target="_top">data flows
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within TLDP</a> came up again.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>7. HOWTO contribute to The LDP</h1>
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<p><a href="http://www.tldp.org/" target="_top">The Linux Documentation Project</a> (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to
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help TLDP, consider joining <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org">discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</p>
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