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Mailing List Guidelines

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-08-31 18:30.

1. Use a proper subject line.

2. Do not troll in the mailing list

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

3. Use [OT] for off-topic, non-technical discussions. But, don't misuse this to start flame wars or to troll in the mailing list.

4. Do not top-post:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

Example of a top-post:

Because it messes up the order in which
people normally read text.
> > Why is top-posting
> > such a bad thing?
Top-posting.
> > What is the most
> > annoying thing in e-mail?

Always use bottom-posting.

> What is your name ?
My name is ILUGC.

5. Do not over-quote:

Example of an over-quote:

>>> On Friday you said
>>> blah blah blah
>> On Saturday you said
>> foo foo foo
> On Sunday you said
> foobar

6. Do not post HTML messages

7. Do not recycle messages

8. Do not send attachments

9. Do not attach obnoxious, nonsensical legal disclaimers. If your company uses disclaimers, don't use your company ID for the mailing list.

10. Do not reply to a digest. (If you are in digest mode and want to reply to a post use ILUGC Gmane blog interface.

Link: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.ilugc

11. Search for answers for your questions/problems in google.com or any other search engine before posting your query to the mailing list.

If any of the above are not clear to you, Please read the detailed list guidelines:

Link: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

12. Do not post messages in all capital letters. Mails in CAPS is considered rude and is similar to shouting during a conversation.

13. If you or your company is into GNU/Linux migration, or you want help into GNU/Linux migration, check here: http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/GNU_Linux_migration

14. If you are looking for GNU/Linux distro CDs please check here: http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/CDs_for_Grab

15. Following these guidelines could be helpful http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/

16. Don't send season's greetings or birthday invites to the group. Its not mailing list etiquette.

We must use the above guidelines to maintain better readability, proper archives, efficient bandwidth usage, etc.