On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Miguel wrote: > Are you referring to *Rawolffia serpentina* (sorry goanet does not allow the > use of italics,mandatory for botanical names otherwise). It is called "Adki'
Minguelbab: How did you manage with botanical names during the times of the good old manual typewriter? The *character* is a good-enough substitute for italics, isn't it? Every list has its own rules. Often for good reason; these are not just arbitrary rules. (Any idea how MIME or HTML text shows up in the digest versions? Is that easy to read? Does overloading the server with unnecessary characters help?) You will find Goanet shares some of its rules with others. For good reason too. See below, specially the one on HTML msgs. FN - - - - - - - - - - http://linux-bangalore.org/discussions/rules.php LIST RULES Most mailing lists have a set of guidelines for how you should post messages to the list, and the BLUG's mailing lists follow these general rules of ettiquette. Here's a short list of do's and don'ts for posting to the various BLUG mailing lists. Top-posts This is the most common list newbie mistake! Do not "top-post" (reply to a message by adding text to the top of the message instead of below), as it loses the reader and the flow of the message and can annoy other readers..... Overquoting This is the second most common list newbie mistake! If you are replying to another message, quote only the portions of that message that you are specifically responding to, and insert your comments after those quotes. Do not simply quote back the entire message! Trim off everything apart from the 2-3 most relevant lines of the original message. In general, your reply should contain at least as much text as the amount of text you are quoting, if not more. Never quote back dozens of lines of text and simply add a single line of text to the bottom - people will *hate* you for that! HTML Messages HTML is not email, and email doesn't contain HTML, so please turn HTML formatting OFF in your email client. Do not use italics, colors, bold, fonts, pictures, sounds, or other HTML elements. Providing HREF (link) elements is allowed. Please use only 7-bit text when sending email to the lists. Attachments Attachments of any sort are not allowed and will be stripped out automatically. Off-topic Stay on-topic for the list.... Message recycling Do not start a New message or thread by hitting "Reply" in your mail client and changing the subject. When you do this, you mess up other participant's ability to read mail in a threaded fashion. When you mean to post a new message, use New, and when you want to reply to an existing message, hit Reply. Message time and date Please make sure the date and time on your computer is always current. When your date is set to something such as the year 2006, messages posted by you will get sorted based on that date, which may put them outside of the related month or year they belong in. Most of all, enjoy yourself on the list, and read messages from other users. In them, you may find ideas, solutions to problems, or other information that may be useful to you. Also read [12]this article by Eric Raymond and Rick Moen about asking questions on mailing lists. This is compulsory reading! http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
