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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\versionid $Id: feedback.but,v 1.18 2004/08/18 10:24:40 jacob Exp $
+\define{versionidfeedback} \versionid $Id$
 
 \A{feedback} Feedback and bug reporting
 
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@ reports and feature requests.
 
 The PuTTY development team gets a \e{lot} of mail. If you can
 possibly solve your own problem by reading the manual, reading the
-FAQ, reading the web site, asking a fellow user, perhaps posting on
-the newsgroup \W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh}, or
-some other means, then it would make our lives much easier.
+FAQ, reading the web site, asking a fellow user, perhaps posting to a
+newsgroup (see \k{feedback-other-fora}), or some other means, then it
+would make our lives much easier.
 
 We get so much e-mail that we literally do not have time to answer
 it all. We regret this, but there's nothing we can do about it. So
 if you can \e{possibly} avoid sending mail to the PuTTY team, we
 recommend you do so. In particular, support requests
-(\k{feedback-support}) are probably better sent to
-\W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh} or passed to a local
-expert if possible.
+(\k{feedback-support}) are probably better sent to newsgroups, or
+passed to a local expert if possible.
 
 The PuTTY contact email address is a private mailing list containing
 four or five core developers. Don't be put off by it being a mailing
@@ -88,6 +87,21 @@ modification. If you've only changed 10 lines, we'd prefer to
 receive a mail that's 30 lines long than one containing multiple
 megabytes of data we already have.
 
+\S{feedback-other-fora} Other places to ask for help
+
+There are two Usenet newsgroups that are particularly relevant to the
+PuTTY tools:
+
+\b \W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh}, for questions
+specific to using the SSH protocol;
+
+\b \W{news:comp.terminals}\c{comp.terminals}, for issues relating to
+terminal emulation (for instance, keyboard problems).
+
+If you don't have direct access to Usenet, you can access these
+newsgroups through Google Groups
+(\W{http://groups.google.com/}\cw{groups.google.com}).
+
 \H{feedback-bugs} Reporting bugs
 
 If you think you have found a bug in PuTTY, your first steps should
@@ -180,8 +194,8 @@ think the documentation is unclear or unhelpful. But we do need to
 be given exact details of \e{what} you think the documentation has
 failed to tell you, or \e{how} you think it could be made clearer.
 If your problem is simply that you don't \e{understand} the
-documentation, we suggest posting to the newsgroup
-\W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh} and see if someone
+documentation, we suggest posting to a newsgroup (see
+\k{feedback-other-fora}) and seeing if someone
 will explain what you need to know. \e{Then}, if you think the
 documentation could usefully have told you that, send us a bug
 report and explain how you think we should change it.
@@ -271,14 +285,14 @@ don't have time to answer all the questions. Questions of this type
 include:
 
 \b If you want to do something with PuTTY but have no idea where to
-start, and reading the manual hasn't helped, try posting to the
-newsgroup \W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh} and see if
-someone can explain it to you.
+start, and reading the manual hasn't helped, try posting to a
+newsgroup (see \k{feedback-other-fora}) and see if someone can explain
+it to you.
 
 \b If you have tried to do something with PuTTY but it hasn't
 worked, and you aren't sure whether it's a bug in PuTTY or a bug in
 your SSH server or simply that you're not doing it right, then try
-posting to \W{news:comp.security.ssh}\c{comp.security.ssh} and see
+posting to a newsgroup (see \k{feedback-other-fora}) and see
 if someone can solve your problem. Or try doing the same thing with
 a different SSH client and see if it works with that. Please do not
 report it as a PuTTY bug unless you are really sure it \e{is} a bug
@@ -353,9 +367,10 @@ need to bother. You already have permission.
 
 \H{feedback-mirrors} Mirroring the PuTTY web site
 
-All mirrors of the PuTTY web site are welcome. Please don't bother
-asking us for permission before setting up a mirror. You already
-have permission. We are always happy to have more mirrors.
+Mirrors of the PuTTY web site are welcome, especially in regions not
+well covered by existing mirrors. Please don't bother asking us for
+permission before setting up a mirror. You already have permission. We
+are always happy to have more mirrors.
 
 If you mail us \e{after} you have set up the mirror and checked that
 it works, and remember to let us know which country your mirror is in,