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<H3><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H3>

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<H3><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 About <EM>kppp</EM></A>
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<P> <CODE> PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO READ THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS! THANK YOU! </CODE>
<P><EM>kppp</EM> is a dialer and front end for pppd. It allows for interactive
script generation and network setup. It will automate the dialing in
process to your ISP while letting you conveniently monitor the entire
process. Once connected <EM>kppp</EM> will provide a rich set of statistics
and keep track of the time spent online for you. A built-in terminal
and script generator will enable you to set up your connection with ease.
You will no longer need an additional terminal program such as seyon
or minicom to test and setup your connection. <EM>kppp</EM> features elaborate
phone cost accounting, which enables you to easily track your online
costs.
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<P>We hope you will enjoy this dialer.
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<H3><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Authors</A>
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<A NAME="maintainers"></A> 
<EM>kppp</EM> is derived from <EM>ezppp 0.6</EM> from Jay Painter. However, nearly
everything in <EM>kppp</EM> was rewritten and so <EM>ezppp</EM> and <EM>kppp</EM> do not
have very much in common.
<P>The main authors are:
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<LI><CODE>Bernd Johannes Wuebben</CODE>
<A HREF="mailto:wuebben@kde.org">wuebben@kde.org</A></LI>
<LI><CODE>Mario Weilguni</CODE>
<A HREF="mailto:mweilguni@sime.com">mweilguni@sime.com</A></LI>
<LI><CODE>Harri Porten</CODE>
<A HREF="mailto:porten@kde.org">porten@kde.org</A></LI>
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<P>Many thanks to the following people who have contributed code to <EM>kppp</EM>
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<A HREF="mailto:jesus.fuentes@etsi.tel.uva.es">Jesus Fuentes Saaverdra</A> for implementing several options and miscellaneous work.
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<A HREF="mailto:wuebben@eure.de">Markus Wuebben</A> for the ATI query dialog.
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<A HREF="mailto:peter.silva@videotron.ca">Peter Silva</A> for pop
up dialogs
and other contributions.</LI>
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<A HREF="mailto:MABrown@etcconnect.com">Martin A. Brown</A> for
proofreading some English text in the program</LI>
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<A HREF="mailto:mh@ap-dec717c.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de">Martin Häfner</A> for the section on 
<A HREF="kppp-9.html#cb">callback</A></LI>
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<A HREF="mailto:okir@caldera.de">Olaf Kirch</A> for the introduction to the mysteries of file descriptor passing.</LI>
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<A HREF="mailto:ig@cs.strath.ac.uk">Ian Gordon</A> for providing a very
valuable bugfix.
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<H3><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 License and warranty</A>
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<P><EM>kppp</EM> is published under the terms of the 
<A HREF="kppp-11.html#GPL">GNU  General Public License</A> (GPL). There is 
<A HREF="kppp-11.html#warranty">no warranty</A> that this program works or for whatever.
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