[Ilugc] Mailing list guidelines: monthly reminder
- From: shakthimaan@xxxxxxxxx (Shakthi Kannan)
- Date: Tue May 1 19:18:11 2007
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 and want to
reply to a post use ILUGC Gmane blog interface.
Link:
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.ilugc
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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