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Here's a short list of do's and don'ts for posting to the various BLUG mailing
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Top-posts
This is the most common list newbie mistake!

Do not "top-post" (reply to a message by adding text to the top of the message
instead of below), as it loses the reader and the flow of the message and can
annoy other readers.

Example of an illegal top-post:

I think you should be swapping the arguments around in the
function, instead of the way you are doing it.

On Friday, the 13th, you said:

> I am using the function xyz(), giving arguments arg1 and arg2,
> but it does not work. Anyone know why?

Example of a correct bottom post:

On Friday, the 13th, you said:

> I am using the function xyz(), giving arguments arg1 and arg2,
> but it does not work. Anyone know why?

I think you should be swapping the arguments around in the
function, instead of the way you are doing it.

Overquoting
This is the second most common list newbie mistake!

If you are replying to another message, quote only the portions of that message
that you are specifically responding to, and insert your comments after those
quotes. Do not simply quote back the entire message! Trim off everything apart
from the 2-3 most relevant lines of the original message.

In general, your reply should contain at least as much text as the amount of
text you are quoting, if not more. Never quote back dozens of lines of text and
simply add a single line of text to the bottom - people will *hate* you for
that!
HTML Messages
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pictures, sounds, or other HTML elements. Providing HREF (link) elements is
allowed. Please use only 7-bit text when sending email to the lists.

Attachments
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Off-topic
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politics, music, or anything that is not related to Linux. Sometimes topics will
diverge from the general discussion, but please try to keep it relevant to the
list topic. Do not ask programming questions in the technical (installation and
admin) list, or technical questions in the non-technical list, or installation
questions in the programming list, etc.

Message recycling
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changing the subject. When you do this, you mess up other participant's ability
to read mail in a threaded fashion. When you mean to post a new message, use
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Message time and date
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sorted based on that date, which may put them outside of the related month or
year they belong in.

Most of all, enjoy yourself on the list, and read messages from other users. In
them, you may find ideas, solutions to problems, or other information that may
be useful to you.