Re: Netiquette for newbies

tim hall wrote:

> Little standard mailing list moan,
>
> This applies most to Daniel and Ze this week, but probably applies to others:
> I use threading to keep track of uh.. the thread, I'm guessing you don't have 
> your email clients set up like this. 
>
> It's really handy for me and probably others if you respond to previous 
> mailings with the 'reply' button and thereby keeping the title (and thread) 
> intact, this makes it easy to look back at the previous mails on the subject 
> and remember what you were on about. Similarly it would be really good to 
> start a new mail for all new subjects and not randomly jump in on existing 
> threads with a new topic of discussion.
>
> I realise that this is all part of the learning curve and something you 
> probably haven't figured yet. So, no biggie. It would really help me in being 
> able to give constructive advice, I'm on several mailing lists and don't 
> always have time to figure out where the previous mailing on the subject got 
> to. 
>
> cheers
>
> tim hall
> http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
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Hello

I second the sentiment. Perhaps when a person joins the list the 
confirmation email could include a short guide to list etiquette.

Robin