[glug-t] [RFC] mailing list guidelines

Hi, 

The following is the monthly mailing list guidelines
that ILUGC (http://www.chennailug.org) follows. They
are guidelines that will be helpful for following
mailing list etiquette.
http://chennailug.org/guidelines

If the list admin can automate the following message,
once every month, it will be useful.

Mailing List Guidelines

1. Use a proper subject line.

2. Do not troll in the mailing list

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

3. Use [OT] for off-topic, non-technical discussions.
But, don't misuse this to start flame wars or to troll
in the mailing list.

4. Do not top-post:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

Example of a top-post:

Because it messes up the order in which
people normally read text.
> > Why is top-posting
> > such a bad thing?
Top-posting.
> > What is the most
> > annoying thing in e-mail?

Always use bottom-posting.

> What is your name ?
My name is ILUGC.

5. Do not over-quote:

Example of an over-quote:

>>> On Friday you said
>>> blah blah blah
>> On Saturday you said
>> foo foo foo
> On Sunday you said
> foobar

6. Do not post HTML messages

7. Do not recycle messages

8. Do not send attachments

9. Do not attach obnoxious, nonsensical legal
disclaimers. If your company uses disclaimers, don't
use your company ID for the mailing list.

10. Do not reply to a digest. If you are in digest
mode, use a proper subject line, and remove irrelevant
text before replying.

11. Search for answers for your questions/problems in
google.com or any other search engine before posting
your query to the mailing list.

If any of the above are not clear to you, Please read
the detailed list guidelines:

Link:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

12. Do not post messages in all capital letters. Mails
in CAPS is considered rude and is similar to shouting
during a conversation.

13. If you or your company is into GNU/Linux
migration, or you want help into GNU/Linux migration,
check here:
http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/GNU_Linux_migration

14. If you are looking for GNU/Linux distro CDs please
check here:
http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/CDs_for_Grab

15. Following these guidelines could be helpful
http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/

16. Don't send season's greetings or birthday invites
to the group. Its not mailing list etiquette.

We must use the above guidelines to maintain better
readability, proper archives, efficient bandwidth
usage, etc.



 
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