Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:12:54 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mailing List Suggestions: Addendum Message-ID: <3AC01346.88BB887F@iowna.com> References: <20010326182837.B4218@cec.wustl.edu> <20010326183359.A4331@cec.wustl.edu>
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This is excellent advice, but I think it's already covered by Greg's weekly postings (and the FAQ) Never hurts to be reminded, though. -Bill Andrew Hesford wrote: > > I've forgotten one more important guideline... plus this is just proof > that I follow my own. :p > > 8. Make sure the subject of your message is directly related to the > message. ABSOLUTELY no blank subjects, and no subjects that consist of > "Hello!" or "FreeBSD Problem". Provide a concise description of the > problem. In addition, replies should contain the subject of the original > message, with "Re: " prepended. This allows mail clients like mutt to > sort the message according to the thread it belongs to, even if the > In-Reply-To header is missing. If the reader would benefit from an > enhanced subject, please include the original subject before the > additional text, with some type of separator. > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:28:37PM -0600, Andrew Hesford wrote: > > I've been following freebsd-questions for a few weeks now. I have begun > > to notice certain recurring message formats. It occurs to me that > > -questions might be a bit cleaner and easier to follow if we all follow > > a few guidelines: > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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