Posting guidelines

From CubeOosan

First and foremost,

• If you just want to ask a question in the forum, you should realise your question has probably already been asked before. Regulars in the forum do not want to have to answer the same questions over and over again, and you should show the common courtesy to check if a question has already been answered before posting it. One way to do this is to check with the Oracle:

Below are some additional posting guidelines from RFC1855.

• Mail should have a subject heading which reflects the content of the message.

• Use mixed case. UPPER CASE LOOKS AS IF YOU'RE SHOUTING.

• Read all of a discussion in progress (we call this a thread) before posting replies. Avoid posting "Me Too" messages, where content is limited to agreement with previous posts. Content of a follow-up post should exceed quoted content.

• If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. This will make sure readers understand when they start to read your response. Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context helps everyone. But do not include the entire original!

• Read both mailing lists and newsgroups for one to two months before you post anything. This helps you to get an understanding of the culture of the group.

• If you are caught in an argument, keep the discussion focused on issues rather than the personalities involved.

• "Reasonable" expectations for conduct via e-mail depend on your relationship to a person and the context of the communication. Norms learned in a particular e-mail environment may not apply in general to your e-mail communication with people across the Internet. Be careful with slang or local acronyms.