Re: Netiquette for newbies

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 11:48, Free Ekanayaka wrote:
> |--==> robin  writes:
> 
>   r> 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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>   >>http://lists.agnula.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   r> Hello
> 
>   r> I second the sentiment. Perhaps when a person joins the list the 
>   r> confirmation email could include a short guide to list etiquette.
> 
> Yes, this is a good idea. Is there such a guide around?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Free
> 
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I'm a noob, and would very grateful for a little edification in regard
to general mailing-list practice. Perhaps a bored guru could slap
something together and post it...
 I'm also very curious as to how to set up a mail client to display by
thread - anybody do this with Evolution?

Greetings,

mike A