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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 56a2e9b..e9c1b5f 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
     try the following:
 
+    rm -f config.cache
     LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure
 
     Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in
@@ -34,19 +35,30 @@
     ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
     ldconfig /usr/local/lib
 
-4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+    If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
+    before running configure again.
+
+4.) There are problems during compilation:
+    Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
+    as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
+
+    Try running configure as
+
+    LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
+
+5.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc.
     There have been some reports on more or less successfully compling pdf2swf on Win32 using
-    Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version
-    yet.
+    Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version yet.
+
     If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
 
-5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+6.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
     Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
 
-6.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
 
     Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch.
     If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf
@@ -57,14 +69,12 @@
     The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
     VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
 
-7.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 
     It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2. 
-    Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.3, however
-    it seems most Flash players don't handle the alpha channel in the resulting 
-    32 bit images correctly.
+    Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
 
-8.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
+9.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
 
     Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
     Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
@@ -77,11 +87,11 @@
 
     decompresses.
 
-9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+10.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
 
     Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
 
-10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
+11.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
 
     First list all extractable items:
 
@@ -111,8 +121,9 @@
 
     etc.
 
-11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+12.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
 
-    There used to be, however it was shut down due to lack of traffic. The archive
-    is available as raw INBOX file on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/list.tar.gz .
+    Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
+    
+    http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common