Nice one, Jack... much appreciated. :) On May 5, 2011, at 4:57 AM, Jack Binks wrote:
> Hi All, > > Due to popular demand we've made a few improvements to the mailing lists in > the form of a search-able archive and web front end. > > These can be found at http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ and act as a > bidirectional link up with the existing mailing lists. Anything posted to the > list will appear in the website thread listings, and anything posted to the > web will bounce out to the mailing lists (with a few minutes latency). Note > that the archives are both viewable and searchable without logging in to the > site, however if you wish to post via the web you'll need to log in. This has > a separate membership to the mailing lists, so use the register link on the > linked page to sign up. > > As with the mailing lists, these are not avenues for official support - such > reports should continue to go through [email protected] (along with > any problems you notice with the forums!). The archives run back a couple of > months, ie since the bridge element has been running, and will build with > time. If you have a few emails from the lists prior to that you find yourself > often referring to, please feel free to forward these round the list again so > they're archived for posterity. The email and web front ends are both covered > by the pre-existing code of conduct, and please note the additional T&Cs and > privacy policies linked in the page footer. We'll be setting up links from > the main site shortly. > > An important facet of making these genuinely usable for everyone is observing > good thread etiquette, and that's down to all of us who use the lists. The > threads on the web front end mimic the threads seen in your email client, so > even if you don't personally use threads in your emails, please do follow > standard rules when responding to ensure the archives are easy to search and > follow, and indeed, for everyone else who does use a threaded email client > view. > > For those of you who don't generally use threads, there are lots of resources > on the web related to good etiquette, however the most important from this > point of view are: > > -When creating a new topic hit 'new email' in your client and set to: > <mailing list address> (eg [email protected]). Don't find a > different email topic on the list, open a contained email, hit reply and > change the subject as there's a secret squirrel identifier which is used to > id the thread and which hasn't been changed. If you do this then your new > topic will appear in the previous topic's thread. > > -When replying to an existing topic, open the email in the thread in > particular you are replying to and hit 'reply' in your email client, ensuring > the to: is set to the mailing list address. Do not hit 'new' and copy and > paste the subject over, as for similar reasons to the last post the email > will appear as a new topic, rather than part of the previous topic's thread. > An obvious difficulty that arises here is for those of you that use the > mailing list's digest view. If possible, when you get a digest mail you wish > to respond to, do so via the web front end against that particular thread, so > as to preserve that thread's integrity. > > Hope you find the improvements useful, and do let us know at support@ if you > run into any issues. > > Kind Regards > Jack > > -- > > Jack Binks, Product Manager > The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building > 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK > Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 > Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk > > The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. > Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
