On Friday 17 November 2006 18:05, TH & CD Maher wrote: > I think that's how it's spelt. What specific conventions are we supposed > to be following here for heathens such as myself? The ones I'm aware of: > *plain text posts only Correct, but we do realise that many folks are compelled to use user agents from work which are pre-configured in - for us - anti-social ways.
> *threads on one subject only Correct, but it's impossible to enforce, but deliberate hi-jacking of threads is considered my many to be a breach of good netiquette. > *bottom post replies No, while many of us think that's best, we try to be agnostic about it. We had a very animated discussion on the matter a while back, and came to the conclusion that although some individuals had strongly held opinions, it didn't really matter one way or the other. > *Linux subject matter only Mainly Yes, but we are happy to have posts about any Open Source o/s, application, or politics, but please note that personal attacks or persistent flame-wars are not appreciated. > Are there any others people would like to mention? No large attachments, particularly vcards which while small byte-wise render into huge advertising images in some mail user agents. > I'm referring to > conventions for this list particularly but also email on the net in > general. Remember that this list is archived in at least 3 separate places and your words can rebound unpleasantly long after you have written them, so self censor your words appropriately. Read what you have written before you press the SEND key. -- CS
