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6.17 How to ask DJGPP gurus for help

Q: I've read this monstrously-large FAQ, searched the news group archives, but didn't find anything helpful. I am totally lost. Help!!!

Q: I don't have time to download all these messages, not to mention looking through them. Can't you DJGPP gurus help me? Please??

A: DJGPP News group is famous for its outstanding user support. To get a fast and effective solution to your problem, you will have to supply the relevant info about your system, and describe exactly how things went wrong for you. To gather this info, do the following:

Be warned that you might get several dozen messages in reply to your request; this is not meant to overflow your mailbox or sabotage your relationship with your system manager, it's just the usual friendly response of fellow DJGPP'ers to your lonely cry for help. Some of the replies might suggest what you already checked and reported in your original message, or even miss the point altogether. Be ready for this and don't flame us for trying to help you as much as we can.