HLDS LISTSERV FAQ & RULES v2.0
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This listserv is for the discusson of Windows
specific HLDS issues.

Please abide by the following rules:
- Read the documentation and do a little research first (or risk being
  flamed and thwacked as a llama n00b). See FAQ #5 below.
- Post Related Topics Only. See FAQ #6 below.
- No HL Client General Questions (please go to one of the many gaming sites
  like http://www.planethalflife.com)
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The following FAQ was created by experienced admins on this list:

1. Unsubscribing from this List
2. Other Lists
3. HLDS Admin Addons and Utilities
4. Other HLDS Admin Resources
5. Initial Research
6. Related Topics for this List
7. List Archive

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1) UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THIS LIST - Valve has switched to a new listserv which
also provides a nice webpage to manage your subscription to the list.  You
can get to it at http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds


2) OTHER LISTS - There are a few other lists that Valve provides and you can
find those listed with instructions on their site at
http://www.valvesoftware.com/serveradmin.htm.


3) HLDS ADMIN ADDONS AND UTILITIES - There are many useful 3rd party
utilities available to admins.  The following are a few lists:

- Admin Utilities (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/links.php?p=5)
- Bots (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/links.php?p=2)
- IRC Integration (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/links.php?p=4)
- Log & Stats Utilities (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/links.php?p=1)
- RCon Utilities (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving/links.php?p=3)


4) OTHER HLDS ADMIN RESOURCES - The following are other HLDS admin related
resources that are available:

- HLDS Setup How To Guide (http://server.counter-strike.net/howto.html) --
  How To Guide to Setting up an HLDS Server

- #hlds IRC Channel on GamesNet (irc://irc.gamesnet.net/hlds)

- Counter-Server (http://server.counter-strike.net/) -- The CS Server Admin
   Resource

- World Wide Half-Life Serving (http://hl.wwgaming.com/serving) -- Formerly
  the Uniting Admins Network, offers information and links to server admins
  without requiring membership.

- HLTV FAQ (http://www.slipgate.de/projects/hltv_faq.html)

- HLTV How-To Guide (http://satan1.dynodns.net/HLTV/index.htm)

- HLTV: Ownage on Tape (http://hltv.fragfreak.com)


5) INITIAL RESEARCH - Before posting to this list, please do the necessary
research on your own by using the following steps as a guideline (this will
save you and other admins on the list time and energy):

- Visit Manufacturer/Developer Website/Forums
- Email Manufacturer/Developer Support
- Search Google or Other Search Engines
- Search the List Archive (see FAQ #7 below)
- Post to this HLDS List

PLEASE NOTE: If you do have a question and find the solution on your own,
please share with others by prefixing the subject with a "[INFO]" tag.
Thank you!


6) RELATED TOPICS FOR THIS LIST - To help define what topics are acceptable
on this listserv, please consider the following guidelines:

- Questions about HLDS (Half-Life Dedicated Server) for Win32
- OS/Hardware questions, only if directly related to HL (if gray area mark
  with [OT] in subject)
- Questions about HL MODs
- Questions about HL Add-ons or Helpfull Tools.  See FAQ #3.


7) LIST ARCHIVE - Congiman has been nice enough to maintain an archive of
this list up until 8/22/2001.  A new archive is now available as well.

10/23/2001-present
http://list.valvesoftware.com/pipermail/hlds/

09/15/2001-10/18/2001
http://www.mail-archive.com/hlds%40list.valvesoftware.com/

12/30/1999-08/22/2001
http://maillist.congiman.com/pipermail/listhlserver/

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