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<title>&kubuntu; Project Contacts</title>
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This document provides an overview of the ways you can get in contact with the
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&kubuntu; Project, whether it is for support or if you are looking to
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There are currently two ways in order to make contact with the &kubuntu;
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Project, mailing lists (e-mail) and Internet Relay Chat
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(<acronym>IRC</acronym>). <acronym>IRC</acronym> is a form of real-time
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communication, and is the quickest way to communicate with the &kubuntu; Project
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<title>Mailing Lists</title>
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One of the main tools that the &kubuntu; Project utilizes for communicating are
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mailing lists. Mailing lists allow for discussion using e-mail.
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<note><title>Subscribe First</title>
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In order to properly use the mailing lists, it is recommended that you subscribe
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to the list you are interested in. Subscribing allows you to post a message
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without having it sit in a queue to be authorized and it also allows you to
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receive messages from others who are also subscribed to the mailing list.
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<note><title>Check the archive first</title>
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Prior to sending a message, you can check to see if the topic has been raised in
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the past, in the following sections a link will also be made available for you
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<tip><title>Use Google to search the archives</title>
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Using <ulink url="http://www.google.com/">Google</ulink> to search the archives,
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in the search box, type
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<userinput>site:lists.ubuntu.com/archives/<mailing_list> search
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<sect2 id="mail-support">
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<title>Mailing list for &kubuntu; support</title>
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<variablelist><title>Kubuntu user technical support</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Subscribe <acronym>URL</acronym></term>
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users"/>
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<varlistentry><term>Archive <acronym>URL</acronym></term>
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users"/>
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<sect2 id="mail-devel">
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<title>Mailing list for &kubuntu; development</title>
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<variablelist><title>Kubuntu developer discussion</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Subscribe <acronym>URL</acronym></term>
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel"/>
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<varlistentry><term>Archives <acronym>URL</acronym></term>
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<ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-devel"/>
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<sect2 id="mail-other">
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<title>Other non-&kubuntu; mailing lists</title>
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To look over other mailing lists available to the Ubuntu and &kubuntu;
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communities, please go to <ulink url="https://lists.ubuntu.com/"/>.
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<note><title>Launchpad projects have lists too</title>
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Some of the projects on <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/">Launchpad</ulink>
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have mailing lists as well. When you join a project, check to see if they have a
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list for you to subscribe to.
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<title>Internet Relay Chat (<acronym>IRC</acronym>)</title>
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<acronym>IRC</acronym> allows you to communicate in a real-time fashion with
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many others who are also using <acronym>IRC</acronym> and are on the same
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networks and channels that you are on.
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For more information regarding <acronym>IRC</acronym>, please review the <ulink
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type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/communication">Communications topic</ulink>. For
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even more information and a complete list of channels, please read the <ulink
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url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat">Internet Relay
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<note><title>Network used for <acronym>IRC</acronym></title>
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All Ubuntu and Kubuntu channels are located on the <ulink
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url="http://freenode.net">freenode network</ulink>. The server address to use
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with your <acronym>IRC</acronym> client is
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<userinput>irc.freenode.net</userinput>, the port to use which is the most
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secure is <userinput>8001</userinput>.
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<variablelist><title>Kubuntu <acronym>IRC</acronym> channels</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Kubuntu user support channel</term>
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<varlistentry><term>Kubuntu developers channel</term>
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