vmote 2003/07/07 17:05:20
Modified: src/documentation/content/xdocs maillist.xml
Log:
Add content to the "general information" section about email etiquette, appropriate
mail clients, etc.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +8 -3 xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml
Index: maillist.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-fop/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- maillist.xml 15 May 2003 16:28:01 -0000 1.2
+++ maillist.xml 8 Jul 2003 00:05:20 -0000 1.3
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@
<body>
<section id="general">
<title>General Information</title>
- <p>Before posting questions to any list, review "<jump
href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html";>How To Ask Questions The
Smart Way</jump>".</p>
- <p>Be sure to set your email client to send plain text email messages to any
mailing lists.
+ <p>Before posting questions to any list:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Review the <jump
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html";>Jakarta Mailing Lists -
Guidelines</jump> for general principles about mailing lists.</li>
+ <li>Review "<jump
href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html";>How To Ask Questions The
Smart Way</jump>".</li>
+ <li>Send only <em>plain text</em> email messages to any mailing lists.
Please do <em>not</em> send html or rtf email, as they do not work well with the
archive engines.
-If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this setting can be found at the "Mail Format"
tab of the Tools/Options menu.</p>
+If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this setting can be found at the "Mail Format"
tab of the Tools/Options menu.</li>
+ <li>Use a mail client that respects the <em>References</em> and/or
<em>In-Reply-To</em> mail header entries. This is important for mail clients that can
display threads as trees. <strong>Compliant mail clients</strong> include Microsoft
Outlook, Becky!, KMail, Apple Mail, Ximian Evolution, Mozilla (version 1.2 or
greater). Non-compliant mail clients include Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Internet
Mail Service (MUA or MTA), and dtmail.</li>
+ </ul>
<p>For help in understanding email acronyms, see the <jump
href="http://www.lingo2word.com/lists/acronym_listA.html";>Lingo2Word Acronym
List</jump>, or the <jump href="http://www.keno.org/web_design/acronyms.htm";>Keno
Internet Services Internet Glossary</jump>.</p>
</section>
<section id="fop-user">
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