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diff --git a/doc/source/contacting.sgml b/doc/source/contacting.sgml
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--- a/doc/source/contacting.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/contacting.sgml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
  File        :  $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/contacting.sgml,v $
 
  Purpose     :  Entity included in other project documents.
  File        :  $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/contacting.sgml,v $
 
  Purpose     :  Entity included in other project documents.

-                
- $Id: contacting.sgml,v 2.8 2006/09/22 01:27:55 hal9 Exp $

 
 

- Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Privoxy Developers http://privoxy.org
+ $Id: contacting.sgml,v 2.29 2011/11/06 11:35:26 fabiankeil Exp $
+
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/

  See LICENSE.
 
  ======================================================================
  See LICENSE.
 
  ======================================================================


@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 <para>
  We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve
  <application>Privoxy</application> and its configuration.
 <para>
  We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve
  <application>Privoxy</application> and its configuration.

- However, please note the following hints, so we can 
+ However, please note the following hints, so we can

  provide you with the best support:
 </para>
 
 <sect2 id="contact-support"><title>Get Support</title>
 <para>
  provide you with the best support:
 </para>
 
 <sect2 id="contact-support"><title>Get Support</title>
 <para>

- For casual users, our 
+ For casual users, our

  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118">support forum at SourceForge</ulink>
  is probably best suited:
  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118</ulink>
  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118">support forum at SourceForge</ulink>
  is probably best suited:
  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118</ulink>


@@ -47,6 +47,35 @@
  mailing list</ulink>, where the developers also hang around.
 </para>
 
  mailing list</ulink>, where the developers also hang around.
 </para>
 

+<para>
+ Please don't sent private support requests to individual Privoxy
+ developers, either use the mailing lists or the support trackers.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you have to contact a Privoxy developer directly for other reasons,
+ please send a real mail and do not bother with SourceForge's messaging
+ system. Answers to SourceForge messages are usually bounced by SourceForge's
+ mail server in which case the developer wasted time writing a response you
+ don't get. From your point of view it will look like your message has
+ been completely ignored, so this is frustrating for all parties involved.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Note that the Privoxy mailing lists are moderated. Posts from unsubscribed
+ addresses have to be accepted manually by a moderator. This may cause a
+ delay of several days and if you use a subject that doesn't clearly
+ mention Privoxy or one of its features, your message may be accidentally
+ discarded as spam.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you aren't subscribed, you should therefore spend a few seconds
+ to come up with a proper subject. Additionally you should make it clear
+ that you want to get CC'd. Otherwise some responses will be directed to
+ the mailing list only, and you won't see them.
+</para>
+

 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="reporting"><title>Reporting Problems</title>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="reporting"><title>Reporting Problems</title>


@@ -57,30 +86,30 @@
 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    Configuration issues, such as ads that slip through, or sites that 
-    don't function properly due to one <application>Privoxy</application> 
+    Configuration issues, such as ads that slip through, or sites that
+    don't function properly due to one <application>Privoxy</application>

     <quote>action</quote> or another being turned <quote>on</quote>.
    </para>
     <quote>action</quote> or another being turned <quote>on</quote>.
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    <quote>Bugs</quote> in the programming code that makes up 
+    <quote>Bugs</quote> in the programming code that makes up

     <application>Privoxy</application>, such as that might cause a crash.
    </para>
     <application>Privoxy</application>, such as that might cause a crash.
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 </itemizedlist>
 
 
 <sect3 id="contact-ads"><title>Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</title>
 <para>
  Please send feedback on ads that slipped through, innocent images that were
 </itemizedlist>
 
 
 <sect3 id="contact-ads"><title>Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</title>
 <para>
  Please send feedback on ads that slipped through, innocent images that were

- blocked, sites that don't work properly, and other configuration related problem of 
- <filename>default.action</filename> file, to 
+ blocked, sites that don't work properly, and other configuration related problem of
+ <filename>default.action</filename> file, to

  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=460288">
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=460288</ulink>,
  the Actions File Tracker.
  <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=460288">
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=460288</ulink>,
  the Actions File Tracker.

-</para> 
+</para>

 
 <para>
  New, improved <filename>default.action</filename> files may occasionally be made
 
 <para>
  New, improved <filename>default.action</filename> files may occasionally be made


@@ -95,61 +124,67 @@
 
 <sect3 id="contact-bugs"><title>Reporting Bugs</title>
 <para>
 
 <sect3 id="contact-bugs"><title>Reporting Bugs</title>
 <para>

- Please report all bugs <emphasis>only</emphasis> through our
- bug tracker: 
- <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118</ulink>. 
+ Please report all bugs through our bug tracker:
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118</ulink>.

 </para>
 
 <para>
   Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has <emphasis>not already been submitted</emphasis>
   and observe the additional hints at the top of the <ulink
   url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&amp;group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118">submit
 </para>
 
 <para>
   Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has <emphasis>not already been submitted</emphasis>
   and observe the additional hints at the top of the <ulink
   url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&amp;group_id=11118&amp;atid=111118">submit

-  form</ulink>. If already submitted, please feel free to add any info to the 
+  form</ulink>. If already submitted, please feel free to add any info to the

   original report that might help to solve the issue.
 </para>
 
   original report that might help to solve the issue.
 </para>
 

-<para> 
+<para>

   Please try to verify that it is a <application>Privoxy</application> bug,
   Please try to verify that it is a <application>Privoxy</application> bug,

-  and not a browser or site bug first. If unsure,
+  and not a browser or site bug or documented behaviour that just happens
+  to be different than what you expected. If unsure,

   try <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?set=disable">toggling
   off</ulink> <application>Privoxy</application>, and see if the problem persists.
   try <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?set=disable">toggling
   off</ulink> <application>Privoxy</application>, and see if the problem persists.

+</para>
+
+<para>

   If you are using your own custom configuration, please try
   the stock configs to see if the problem is configuration related.
   If you are using your own custom configuration, please try
   the stock configs to see if the problem is configuration related.

+  If you're having problems with a feature that is disabled by default,
+  please ask around on the mailing list if others can reproduce the problem.

 </para>
 
 <para>
 </para>
 
 <para>

-  If not using the latest version, the bug may have been found
+  If you aren't using the latest Privoxy version, the bug may have been found

   and fixed in the meantime. We would appreciate if you could take the time
   to <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html">upgrade
   to the latest version</ulink> (or  even the latest CVS snapshot) and verify
   and fixed in the meantime. We would appreciate if you could take the time
   to <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html">upgrade
   to the latest version</ulink> (or  even the latest CVS snapshot) and verify

-  your bug.
+  that your bug still exists.

 </para>
 <para>
 </para>
 <para>

-Please be sure to provide the following information:
+  Please be sure to provide the following information:

 </para>
 <para>
  <itemizedlist>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 </para>
 <para>
  <itemizedlist>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    The exact <application>Privoxy</application> version of the proxy software
+    The exact <application>Privoxy</application> version you are using

     (if you got the source from CVS, please also provide the source code revisions
      as shown in <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-version">http://config.privoxy.org/show-version</ulink>).
    </para>
     (if you got the source from CVS, please also provide the source code revisions
      as shown in <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-version">http://config.privoxy.org/show-version</ulink>).
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     The operating system and versions you run
     <application>Privoxy</application> on, (e.g. <application>Windows
 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     The operating system and versions you run
     <application>Privoxy</application> on, (e.g. <application>Windows

-    XP SP2</application>), if you are using some kind of Unix flavour,
-    sending the output of <quote>uname -a</quote> should do.
+    XP SP2</application>), if you are using a Unix flavor,
+    sending the output of <quote>uname -a</quote> should do,
+    in case of GNU/Linux, please also name the distribution.

    </para>
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    The name, platform, and version of the <application>browser</application> 
+    The name, platform, and version of the <application>browser</application>

     you were using (e.g. <application>Internet Explorer v5.5</application> for Mac).
    </para>
   </listitem>
     you were using (e.g. <application>Internet Explorer v5.5</application> for Mac).
    </para>
   </listitem>


@@ -157,54 +192,95 @@ Please be sure to provide the following information:
   <listitem>
    <para>
     The URL where the problem occurred, or some way for us to duplicate the
   <listitem>
    <para>
     The URL where the problem occurred, or some way for us to duplicate the

-    problem (e.g. <literal>http://somesite.example.com/?somethingelse=123</literal>). 
+    problem (e.g. <literal>http://somesite.example.com/?somethingelse=123</literal>).

    </para>
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     Whether your version of <application>Privoxy</application> is one supplied
 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     Whether your version of <application>Privoxy</application> is one supplied

-    by the developers of <application>Privoxy</application> via SourceForge,
-    or somewhere else.
+    by the <application>Privoxy</application> developers via SourceForge,
+    or if you got your copy somewhere else.

    </para>
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    Whether you are using <application>Privoxy</application> in tandem with 
-    another proxy such as <application>Tor</application>. If so, please try 
-    disabling the other proxy.
+    Whether you are using <application>Privoxy</application> in tandem with
+    another proxy such as <application>Tor</application>. If so, please
+    temporary disable the other proxy to see if the symptoms change.

    </para>
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
 
   <listitem>
    <para>

-    Whether you are using a personal firewall product. If so, does 
+    Whether you are using a personal firewall product. If so, does

     <application>Privoxy</application> work without it?
    </para>
     <application>Privoxy</application> work without it?
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     Any other pertinent information to help identify the problem such as config
     or log file excerpts (yes, you should have log file entries for each
 
   <listitem>
    <para>
     Any other pertinent information to help identify the problem such as config
     or log file excerpts (yes, you should have log file entries for each

-    action taken).
+    action taken). To get a meaningful logfile, please make sure that the
+    <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE">logfile directive</ulink>
+    is being used and the following <ulink
+    url="../user-manual/config.html#DEBUG">debug options</ulink> are enabled:
+    <literallayout>debug     1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through. See also debug 1024.
+debug     2 # show each connection status
+debug     4 # show I/O status
+debug     8 # show header parsing
+debug   128 # debug redirects
+debug   256 # debug GIF de-animation
+debug   512 # Common Log Format
+debug  1024 # Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why.
+debug  4096 # Startup banner and warnings.
+debug  8192 # Non-fatal errors</literallayout>
+    If you are having trouble with a filter, please additionally enable
+    <literallayout>debug    64 # debug regular expression filters</literallayout>
+    If you are using Privoxy 3.0.17 or later and suspect that it interprets the
+    request or the response incorrectly, please enable
+    <literallayout>debug 32768 # log all data read from the network</literallayout>
+    Note that Privoxy log files may contain sensitive information so please don't
+    submit any logfiles you didn't read first. You can mask sensitive information
+    as long as it's clear that you removed something.

    </para>
    </para>

-  </listitem> 
-
-  <listitem>
-   <para>
-    <emphasis>Please provide your SF login, or email address</emphasis>, in case we 
-    need to contact you.
-   </para>
-  </listitem> 
+  </listitem>

 
 </itemizedlist>
 </para>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 </para>

+
+<para>
+ You don't have to tell us your actual name when filing a problem
+ report, but if you don't, please use a nickname so we can differentiate
+ between your messages and the ones entered by other "anonymous" users that
+ may respond to your request if they have the same problem or already
+ found a solution. Note that due to spam the trackers may not always
+ allow to post without being logged into SourceForge. If that's the
+ case, you are still free to create a login that isn't directly linked
+ to your name, though.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Please also check the status of your request a few days after submitting
+ it, as we may request additional information. If you use a SF id,
+ you should automatically get a mail when someone responds to your request.
+ Please don't bother to add an email address when using the tracker.
+ If you prefer to communicate through email, just use one of the mailing
+ lists directly.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you are new to reporting problems, you might be interested in
+  <ulink url="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html"
+  >How to Report Bugs Effectively</ulink>.
+</para>
+

 <para>
   The <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">appendix
 <para>
   The <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">appendix

-  of the Privoxy User Manual</ulink> also has helpful information 
-  on understanding <literal>actions</literal>, and <literal>action</literal> debugging. 
+  of the Privoxy User Manual</ulink> also has helpful information
+  on understanding <literal>actions</literal>, and <literal>action</literal> debugging.

 </para>
 </sect3>
 </sect2>
 </para>
 </sect3>
 </sect2>


@@ -217,10 +293,13 @@ Please be sure to provide the following information:
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 </para>
 </sect2>
 

-<sect2 id="contact-other"><title>Other</title>
+<sect2 id="mailing-lists"><title>Mailing Lists</title>

 <para>
 <para>

-For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists. Technically interested users
-and people who wish to contribute to the project are also welcome on the developers list!
+If you prefer to communicate through email, instead of using a web interface,
+feel free to use one of the mailing lists.
+To discuss issues that haven't been completely diagnosed yet, please use the Privoxy
+users list. Technically interested users and people who wish to contribute to
+the project are always welcome on the developers list.

 You can find an overview of all <application>Privoxy</application>-related mailing lists,
 including list archives, at:
 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118</ulink>.
 You can find an overview of all <application>Privoxy</application>-related mailing lists,
 including list archives, at:
 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118</ulink>.