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16 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">What is gnokii ?</font><br>
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19 <p>Generally, what is gnokii (G from GNU, NOKII from Nokia) ?
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21 <p>It is a name of project. The aim of it is to develop tools and drivers
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22 for Nokia mobile phones. Of course, I think in this moment about really
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23 different tools - for example, modem drivers, console tools, etc.
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24 All created here software is released under the GNU
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25 General Public License. Please see <a href="COPYING">COPYING</a>
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26 for more details on license/copying issues,
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27 the lack of warranty and where to send a postcard if you like gnokii :).
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28 Anyway, our software works on many software (Linux, Free BSD, etc.)
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29 and hardware (Intel, etc.) platforms...
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31 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">What software applications are created in gnokii project ?</font><br>
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37 The first application, gnokii, is a command line utility that was
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38 originally provided to assist developers and interested users in
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39 working with the low level API functions that were being developed.
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41 <p>From these rather humble beginnings, it has evolved into a the main
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42 command line tool of the suite. Many people now use it for
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43 reading/writing phone book entries, sending and receiving SMS messages
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44 etc. Ultimately it is intended that it will become a utility that
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45 communicates with gnokiid to provide a command line interface to
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46 the functionality provided by the gnokiid daemon.
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51 The second application provided is xgnokii which as the name suggests
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52 is a X-windows based application that provides a graphical interface
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53 to your phone. Amongst other things, xgnokii allows you to read and
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54 write phone book entries, read, write and send SMS messages, monitor
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55 battery and received signal strength.
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57 <p>At present xgnokii works directly with the phone, however in the
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58 future it will more likely use the "side" interface of gnokiid.
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60 <p>The main author of it is <a href=mailto:ja@mail.upjs.sk>Jan Derfinak</a>
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65 The third part of the suite is gnokiid. gnokiid provides a
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66 virtual modem interface, /dev/gnokii that looks like a regular
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67 Hayes-AT compatible modem with the ETSI defined extensions for
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68 GSM phones. What this means in practical terms is that you can
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69 treat the /dev/gnokii device like an ordinary modem and use it
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70 to make data calls from pppd or a terminal application like
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74 gnokiid is still under development, it's ultimate aim being to
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75 act as a "master" daemon that interfaces with your phone on one
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76 side and gnokii or xgnokii on the other. This "side" code is still
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77 under discussion, particularly with respect to the most appropriate
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78 choice of communication method (IPC, TCP/IP etc.)
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83 The last application provided with the suite is mgnokiidev which is
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84 used by gnokiid to create on demand a symbolic link between
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85 /dev/gnokii and the pseudo tty used by gnokiid for the virtual
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86 modem interface. It's operation is transparent under normal
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87 usage as gnokiid takes care of calling it when required.
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92 <p>This project also inspired some people to write other software for Nokia.
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98 There is a perlmodule available for gnokii. It gives access to all
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99 the routines that are defined in gsm-common.h from a perl-program. It
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100 is intended for application developers who want to use their favorite
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101 language in interfacing the phone data with databases, ldap-directories
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102 and (in the future) different calendar applications. It is written by
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103 <a href="mailto:konstantin@agouros.de">Konstantin Agouros</a>
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104 and support starts with revision 0.2.6-pre3 of gnokii.
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106 <p>The homepage of this module is
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107 <a href="http://www.agouros.de/gnokii">http://www.agouros.de/gnokii</a>
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112 <a href="http://anders.fix.no/software/gnokline-1.0.tgz">http://anders.fix.no/software/gnokline-1.0.tgz</a>
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113 and <a href="http://alamin.sourceforge.net">http://alamin.sourceforge.net</a> -
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114 software, which interprets received by connected Nokia phone SMSes and makes some things
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118 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">Which phones are supported ?</font><br>
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121 <p>You can also ask, what phones are supported ? All, you want :-) Really !
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123 <p>At first, we were making in gnokii project modules
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124 for Nokia 3810/8110 and 51x0/61x0 phones. Later users started to
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125 write parts for other Nokia phones. And we hope to extend it to another
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126 models: 7110, etc. Remember: it's even possible to write modules
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127 for other than Nokia phones
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128 too (just imagine: support for the most popular phones in one software !)...
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130 <p><a href=phones.htm>Here</a> is more detailed table with supported phones info...
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132 <p>You can also look into
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133 <a href="http://gnokii.org/users">registered gnokii users database</a>
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134 too see used by them phones...
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136 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">What is compatibility with hardware ?</font><br>
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139 <p>Generally, gnokii can work with all computers, which have serial port
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142 <p>If you want to use infrared, sometimes are small problems, because some
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143 IrDa connectors are not compatible with some standards...
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145 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">How can I get support for it ?</font><br>
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148 <p>We our only people and we sometimes make mistakes. But don't worry:
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149 support for gnokii is really great. At first, you can tell your problem
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150 to all gnokii users (in May 2000 on the list there were subscribed about
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153 <p>The most often it's enough. If not, contact with authors:
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155 <p>When problem is connected with module for concrete phone, write to people
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156 listed in answer for question <b>Which phones are supported ?</b>.
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157 For other parts: <a href=mailto:ja@mail.upjs.sk>Jan Derfinak</a>
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158 is responsible for xgnokii.
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160 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">How to contact with gnokii users ?</font><br>
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163 <p>Thanks to the efforts of
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164 <a href="http://www.net.lut.ac.uk/~martin/">Martin Hamilton</a> we have a Majordomo based mailing
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165 list gnokii@net.lut.ac.uk.
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167 <p>You can subscribe by sending email to
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168 gnokii-request@net.lut.ac.uk with the word <i>subscribe</i> in the body of the text.
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170 <p><b><font color=red>
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171 Note that the list is not a forum for discussion on how to obtain copies of
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172 Nokia's proprietary software.</font></b>
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173 It is the primary discussion forum for the project.
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175 <p><a href="">Archive of the list</a>
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177 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">Does Nokia sponsors/supports this work ?</font><br>
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180 <p>In the early stages of the project there were indications that
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181 Nokia would provide some support for the project. Regrettably, these
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182 negotiations stalled over the issue of binary versus open source
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183 releases and the project has proceeded without official or unofficial
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186 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">How can I help with creating it ?</font><br>
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189 <p>There are some things, you can do you gnokii:
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193 <li>Tell us that you're interested, or that you would use the resulting
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194 software or that you would be happy to test it out.
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196 <p>The best method to make it is to adding yourself to the user database
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197 at <a href="http://gnokii.org/users">http://gnokii.org/users</a>.
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202 Give your input in discussions about the design and development of the suite
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203 now that we are at that stage. In particular the best model of driver
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204 interface will need to be discussed broadly to get the best result.
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205 We've only had limited driver writing experience so if you've more, let us know!
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210 Help examining the protocol and its differences between phone models.
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215 Port the software to a new platform. Please tell us before you do so to ensure
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216 that the port will integrate nicely into the source code tree.
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221 Help us in writing our software or preparing help into it.
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225 <p><font color="#1F409F" size=+2 class="dzial">Where to get latest versions ?</font><br>
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228 <p>The source of gnokii aplications is in the CSV server.
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230 <p>We want to thank to Andrew Tridgell, Samba team for it...
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231 and Czech Linux Users Group for hosting the original
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232 CVS repository at cvs.linux.cz.
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234 <p>The server's address is pserver.samba.org. If you
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235 are already familiar with CVS, set the CVSROOT to
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237 <p><i>:pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot</i>
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239 <p>and use the password <i>cvs</i> for checking out the repository with the name
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242 <p>If you are not familiar with cvs, don't worry. It's very simple.
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243 First, you need some of older gnokii releases (sources) - see for example
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244 links in the end of this question. Unpack them to some directory. Then:
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251 just install the cvs package for your distribution and follow these steps:
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255 <li>set your environmental variable CVSROOT. If you have bash (Bourne
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258 <p><i>export CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot</i>
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260 <p>If you have different shell, use different command (e.g. setenv).
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265 <li>Log in to the CVS server as anonymous reader by typing
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267 <p><i>cvs login</i>
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269 <p>Use <i>cvs</i> as your password.
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274 <li>If you are logged in you are ready to checkout the latest sources:
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276 <p><i>cvs co gnokii</i>
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284 for win32 and (<a href=http://www.wincvs.org>WinCVS</a>):
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290 Go to the Admin/Preferences window
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294 In the "general" tab set CVSROOT to the <i>cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot</i>
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295 and <i>local mounted directory</i> to the <i>"passwd" file on the server</i>
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299 <li>Go to the Admin/Login window</li>
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301 <li>Enter <i>cvs</i> as the password<p></li>
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303 <li>Go to the Admin/Create/Checkout module</li>
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305 <li>Enter <i>gnokii</i> as module name and directory where have gnokii source
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307 create a directory called gnokii under the one you specify)</li>
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314 <p>If you prefer, there is a WWW interface to the CVS server at
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315 <a href="http://samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/gnokii/">http://samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/gnokii/</a>.
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317 <p>Now you are on your own - you have the current sources on your disk
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318 in the directory gnokii. If you are going to make substantial changes
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319 and feel that they should be included into gnokii please mention it
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320 on the list first to avoid duplicated effort.
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322 <p>If you would like to receive email when updates are made to the CVS
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323 repository, just send email to
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324 <a href=mailto:hugh.blemings@vsb.com.au>Hugh Blemings</a> email to that effect
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325 and you'll be added to the recipients list.
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327 <p>Another way to get almost latest (x)gnokii tools is to download it from
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333 <a href="ftp://ftp.upjs.sk/pub/users/ja/xgnokii/">ftp://ftp.upjs.sk/pub/users/ja/xgnokii/</a>
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334 - here are really latest versions of xgnokii (site of
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335 <a href=mailto:ja@mail.upjs.sk>Jan Derfinak</a> - main author of XGNOKII).</li>
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338 <a href="ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/people/pavel_janik/Gnokii/">
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339 ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/people/pavel_janik/Gnokii/</a>
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340 (site of <a href=Pavel.Janik@linux.cz>Pavel Janik</a>).
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344 <a href="http://linuxcare.com.au/download/gnokii/pre/">
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345 http://linuxcare.com.au/download/gnokii/pre/</a> (site of
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346 <a href="mailto:hugh.blemings@vsb.com.au">Hugh Blemings</a>).
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350 <p>Remember: it's still work in progress. It means, that we very often change it,
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351 add new functions and correct our bugs (sometimes once a day :-))... So,
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352 it's good to check it often...
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