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<big><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span
data-mce-style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"
style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Mailing list Guidelines</span></strong></span></big><br>
<br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">* <strong>Respect
the mailing list type</strong> </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"> -The
"User" lists where you can send questions and comments about
configuration, setup, usage and other "user" types of questions. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"> -The
"Developer" lists where you can send questions and comments about
the actual software source code and general "development" types <br>
of questions. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"> <br>
Some questions are appropriate for posting on both the "user"
and the "developer" lists. In this case, pick one and only one. Do
not cross post.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
Asking a configuration question on the developers list is frowned
upon because developers' </span><span style="font-family:
verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">time is as precious as yours.
By contacting <br>
them</span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size:
small;"> directly instead of the user </span><span
style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">base you
are abusing resources. In fact, it is unlikely that you will get a
quicker answer, if at all.</span><br>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"><b><span
style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">*
Keep your messages closely related to the topic of the list.<br>
</span></b> </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">* <strong>
Keep your email short and to the point; use a suitable subject
line.</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
If your email is more than about a page of text, chances are
that it won't get read by very many people. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
Remember that thousands of copies of your message will exist in
mailboxes --</span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
please keep your messages as short as possible. ) or excessively
quoting previous </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
messages in the thread (trim the quoted text down to the most
recent/relevant messages only). </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
If you are replying to a previous email, it is a good idea to
only quote the</span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
parts that you are replying to and to remove the unnecessary
bits. This makes</span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
it easier for people to follow a thread as well as making the
email archives easier to search and read. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"> </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">* <strong>Avoid
including log output</strong> </span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
Select only the most relevant lines, or place the </span><span
style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">log on a
website or in a pastebin instead</span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">
(You can use paste.debian.net or pastebin.com</span>)<br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;"> </span><br>
<b><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">*
Debate the issue, do not engage in personal attacks.</span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">* <b>
Don’t send somebody else’s private email, without the
permission of the person.</b></span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">*<b>
Keep your signature concise.</b></span></p>
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