Matthias Kirschner <[email protected]> writes: > I just published a blog entry [1]. Although I explained this topic a > lot of times in the past I never wrote down the most basic principles > of e-mail usage. Now I finally did it so I can point friends who are > news in the Free Software community to this short guide. If you find > it useful I will add it to wiki.fsfe.org.
That's very good (with Sergey's correction), thank you for taking the time to write it. > - *Mailinglists* Use list-reply. It is not necessary to include > the sender in To: or Cc: if he is subscribed. If the e-mail > programs are configured correct the sender will be Cc’ed if he is > not subscribed or wishes to be Cc’ed. (In English, it's “mailing lists”, two words not one.) Perhaps make the point that if your mail client doesn't *have* a “reply to list” operation, it's best to pressure the vendor to add this standard feature and/or switch to one that does have it. But that might be too much for this guide. > - *General remark* The better you structure an e-mail and the > better you present the content — the higher is the chance that > people will read your e-mail. I would prefer this to be phrased to encourage thinking about the message from the reader's point of view. A sentiment like “make your message easy for someone else to read so that more people will easily read it”, phrased in your own words. -- \ “I must say that I find television very educational. The minute | `\ somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.” | _o__) —Groucho Marx | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
