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ILUG-Bom Mailing List mini rule book. A must read.
1. Keep paragraphs and messages short and to the point. See that what you are writing
is useful to the mailing list. If not, send it as a private message to the person.
2. When quoting another person, edit out whatever isn't directly applicable to your
reply. Don't let your mailing software automatically quote the entire body of messages
you are replying to when it's not necessary. Take the time to edit any quotations do
wn to the minimum necessary to provide context for your reply. Nobody likes reading a
long message in quotes for the third or fourth time, only to be followed by a one line
response: "Yeah, me too."
3. Focus on one subject per message and always include a pertinent subject title for
the message, that way the user can locate the message quickly.
4. Capitalize words only to highlight an important point or to distinguish a title or
heading. Capitalizing whole words that are not titles is generally termed as SHOUTING!
*Asterisks* surrounding a word can be used to make a stronger point. Use the under
score symbol before and after the title of a book, i.e. _Linux Configuration And
Installation_
5. Limit line length to aproximately 65-70 characters and avoid control characters.
6. NEVER send chain letters to the mailing list.
7. Be careful when using sarcasm and humor. Without face to face communications your
joke may be viewed as criticism. When being humorous, use emoticons (smiley's) to
express humor. (tilt your head to the left to see the emoticon smile) :-) = happy face
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or humor
8. If a mail has offended you personally, please send a private message to the person
expressing how you feel, instead of sending it to the mailing list.
9. Acronyms can be used to abbreviate when possible, however messages that are filled
with acronyms can be confusing and annoying to the reader.
Examples: IMHO= in my humble/honest opinion
FYI = for your information
BTW = by the way
Flame = antagonistic criticism
10. Please provide URL's to articles wherever possible. Avoid cutting and pasting
whole articles.
11. When using the mailing list for commercial purpose, please prefix the subject line
with "COMMERCIAL".
12. Please read all your mails before replying to a mail. Probably someone has already
answered to the mail.
13. Remember that most of the people are paying by the minute for their internet
access. Hence please do not waste bandwidth.
14. Any violation to the above will be given a warning. 5 such warnings and the
subscriber will be suspended from the mailing list for 15 days.
Compiled by -
G.Sagar.
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Cheerio.
