If there is agreement on this, there would have to be an ettiquette file next
to the FAQ file file
to inform newcomers of the local customs (I deliberately avoided the words
laws and rules!).
The suse linux mailing lists do this, at here in Germany and I was only
actuall in the isdn list.
P.S. I always cut the signatures and postscripts off the bottom when I quote
whole messages below,
known on many lists as RAWQB; reply above, whole quote below.
Carlyle
Date: 22.12.2000 14:17
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Noise on the vnc-list : suggestion
Message text:
Hi all
Though I am a newcomer I know that some suggestions have already been
done on how to reduce amount of messages on the list i.e. create
different lists concerning differents aspects of VNC.
Maybe I have a small simple suggestion concerning the way we handle
technical questions :
Once a question is launched , the rule could be to respond privately
to the person who has a problem until he has solved it.
Ask him to summarise once he has got his problem solved : to do so
he sends a mail to the entire list with the header "summary" i.e.
"summary : how to compile VNC "
This is very usual in forums.
This could be a duty for the people who has got a successful
response to her/his problem to summarize clearly the solution and so to
build a kind of "how to..." database which could avoid som many
redundant questions/responses
It's also a way to contribute in an useful way : even if not a
developer .
And also it is of a great help to search in the FAQ all the mail
headers beginning with the "summary" keyword because we know that it
contains a working and explained solution...
I apologize if this mail creates also noise on the list
--
Jean-Marie Theis
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