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Re: mailing list etiquette

 

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/07/2012 01:08 PM, andi abes wrote:
>
>> I've seen a few folks apologizing for "top-posts" and a few pokes in
>> some threads about folks with less than intelligent email clients.
>> Which leads me to ask: are there any pointers to "best practices on the
>> mailing list"?
>>
>
> Not using HTML email and not using any version of Outlook (or any mail
> client that cannot properly handle inline replies) is a good start IMHO. :)
>
>
>  (replying to the right message in a thread, ideally inline with the
>> context -  sounds like motherhood and apple pie. anything more detailed ?)
>>
>
> Some good stuff here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Posting_style#Choosing_the_**
> proper_posting_style<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Choosing_the_proper_posting_style>
>
> Best,
> -jay
>
>
seeing that openstack is getting its own foundation ... should it have it's
own "style guide" for ML's ;)


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