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[vdr] Mailing List Etiquette
OK, i think it's time for a remainder!
Please take this as a serius advise. The VDR mailinglist is getting
quite large and it shouldn't become a pain in the ass to follow it.
Take the time to read it, especially if you are new to mailinglists
in general.
Thank you ...
clemens
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Due to the increased volume of traffic currently appearing on the VDR
mailing lists, it's about time for a reminder of mailing list
etiquette.
E-mail formatting
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Mailing list email should fit the following criteria:
DO
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* Trim quoted material to the minimum needed to clarify what you're
talking about
* Add a line *before* each quote for better readability.
* Make sure you are attributing material to the correct person
(i.e. make sure the "On 19/07/2002, Joe Bloggs said:" is correct)
* Write your responses *after* the quoted text, not before. If your
mail client makes it difficult to do this, get a new one!
* Make sure lines are wrapped at 76 characters (to fit an 80 character
wide screen)
Don't
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* Post in either HTML-only or in Text and HTML. If your mail client
doesn't support not doing this, please change it.
* Top post
* Give a one line answer having quoted the whole post
* Use too long a signature
* Reply where you should start a new thread
In general, make emails as short as possible whilst keeping them
comprehensible.
General Etiquette
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This can really be summed up in one phrase - 'be polite'.
If you think something is off-topic, don't reply to the list although
you may want to send a short and *polite* note to the person privately
telling then which list would be more appropriate; don't just say -
"that is OT for here".
If someone flames or trolls the list, don't reply - it wastes everyones
bandwidth.
Don't reply to spam which gets through to the list - just ignore it when
it does.
Resources
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* The ultimate guide to most matters to do with email etiquette is
RFC-2822 which can be found at:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2822.txt
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