On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:37:30PM -0800 or thereabouts, Justin Gallardo wrote: > Hey All, > I am preparing a presentation to a group of students on mailing list > netiquette(as you may have guessed by the subject), and thought that maybe I > could use the busiest mailing list I followed as a good source of > information. I have thought of numerous things to bring up in the > presentation including rules about top-posting(not doing it), tips to help > keep the flow of conversation, and other various things. There was one thing > that I wasn't quite sure what everyone's opinion was though. When replying > to an email, is it proper to leave the original poster in the To: line of > the email, and the CC the list? Or is it better to just send your reply to > the list, not specifically mentioning the original poster. Possibly it is > acceptable to just do whatever Reply All in your client gives you(I would > think the effect of this is configurable through the mailing list). I was > curious if I could get other's input on this matter. Also, if you can think > of any other good points to bring up during this talk, I would love to hear > them. The purpose of the talk is to help create better open source community > members for the future. So any help now could possibly save you some > heartache later :-). Justin, I'd also add; Use proper sentences and paragraphs. One example you might want to follow is to break up your sentences into proper paragraphs, it makes it easier for others to read. :) It also shows that perhaps one is leading by example. P.S. Sorry to pick on you, but this was a glaring etiquette mistake, (at least to me). -- Regards Stephen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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