mailing list and guidelines
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General Mailing List Guidelines §
- Be polite, Respect others, Assume good faith.
- Debate the issue, do not engage in personal attacks / Flamewars.
- Before posting a question, first research your problem by reading past messages on this list and other sources on the internet.
- Send really descriptive questions or informational postings.
- Follow up with a brief note on the solution.
- Keep your messages closely related to the topic of the thread your replying to.
- Write a good subject line.
- Keep your email short and to the point, Don’t send meaningless messages, like “me too” or “thank you” posts that do not contribute to the conversation.
- Provide URLs to articles wherever possible.
- Don’t be critical of people’s questions posted to the email discussion group.
- If in doubt, send a message to the list moderator and ask.
- Don’t send somebody else’s personally identifying information.
- Don’t send copyrighted material not owned by you and not licensed to you for redistribution.
- Encourage newcomers to lurk for a while and absorb the “style” of your group, before posting any messages.
- No self-promotion, job listings, or advertising unless relevant to the topic.
- Commercial posts are not acceptable, although you may provide your commercial contact information in your signature.
- Avoid using the mailing list for political or ideological battle.
- No chain letters.