And let's not forget 10. It's just as important. :-) Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Let's all re-read numbers 5 and 8, please. > > Ten things to keep in mind about the PDML: > > 1.) It is a moderately active list, generating around > 100 messages a > day on > average. You are encouraged to familiarize yourself > with the filtering > capabilities of your email client and use them. Your > delete key is also > available to use. Don't be afraid to skip messages. > Most of all, don't > subscribe and then whine about getting a lot of email. > You can always > go the > Digest or No Mail route. > > 2.) The PDML is populated by adults (even if we don't > always act as > such) > who at times employ adult language. If you are in the > habit of reading > your > email with an impressionable audience observing over > your shoulder, > please > be forewarned. > > 3.) Attachments are strongly discouraged. The message > size limit > configured > into the mail list software discourages them even more. > Don't send > them. > > 4.) In order to get your deathless prose delivered to > the greatest > possible > audience, it needs to be written as plain text. Varying > sizes of purple > text > on blue backgrounds may look really cool on your home > computer, but > they are > at best annoying and at worst unreadable to your > intended readers on an > email list, so please curb your HTML. > > 5.) The PDML is about Pentax and Photography and Pentax > Photography. It > is > not about politics, abortion, religion, gun control, or > other hot > button > issues, except where they overlap with Pentax, > Photography, and/or > Pentax > Photography. Example: "Here is a link to a photo I took > at the NRA > convention, where the President and the Pope were > addressing a group of > women demonstrating for abortion rights. I took it with > my Pentax > camera and > Pentax lens. What do you think of the composition?" > > 6.) If English is your mother tongue, please do not > ridicule or correct > those for whom it is not. I bet your Swedish or > Portuguese or German is > nothing to write home about. > > 7.)The PDML is an independent, unsanctioned mail list > with no > connection to > Pentax or its parent company Asahi Optical Co. The > information and > opinions posted here have no official consent, either > implicit or > explicit, of either Pentax or AOC. This includes > rumors, speculation, > do-it-yourself repair advice and the 11 secret herbs > and spices that make up > Super Multi Coating. > > 8.) Slapping an "OT" on your subject line does not give > you the right > to post whatever the hell you please. We're a > relatively tolerant bunch, > but please use a little common sense. If you don't, > someone will likely > offer to tell you where to go get some. Or just tell > you where to go. > > 9.) The Pentax Users' Gallery is open to all members of > the PDML. > Please consider contributing, because we all want to > see your photos. You > can find it at http://pug.komkon.org . > > 10.) If you find yourself overcome with rage over > something someone > else posted, go outside and make some photos. It's > only an email list. > > Ashwood Lake Photography > http://www.alphoto.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
