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| * ''Topics'' - Please try to keep on-topic. We are a Linux users group, so we care about subjects relating to Linux, UNIX/GNU software development, Free and Open Source software applications that run on Linux, and the like. If you feel they are appropriate, off-topic posts may be marked by putting [OT] in the subject line to inform people that it will not be a Linux-related discussion. | * //Topics// - Please try to keep on-topic. We are a Linux users group, so we care about subjects relating to Linux, UNIX/GNU software development, Free and Open Source software applications that run on Linux, and the like. If you feel they are appropriate, off-topic posts may be marked by putting [OT] in the subject line to inform people that it will not be a Linux-related discussion. |
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| * ''Signal to Noise Ratio'' - When posting a follow-up to an existing thread, please trim superfluous information. Everyone following the thread will need context to follow your contributions, but excess reading material is cumbersome and difficult to read. | * //Signal to Noise Ratio// - When posting a follow-up to an existing thread, please trim superfluous information. Everyone following the thread will need context to follow your contributions, but excess reading material is cumbersome and difficult to read. |
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| * ''Plain Text Only Please'' - Please do not post in HTML, as many mail clients will not correctly display HTML mail. HTML also interferes with accessibility for the visually-impaired. If you would like to reference an image or external document, please include a plain text URL (e.g.: !http://www.linuxsymposium.org) in your email message. | * //Plain Text Only Please// - Please do not post in HTML, as many mail clients will not correctly display HTML mail. HTML also interferes with accessibility for the visually-impaired. If you would like to reference an image or external document, please include a plain text URL (e.g.: !http://www.linuxsymposium.org) in your email message. |
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| * ''Attachments'' - Please limit attachments to OpenPGP signatures. If you wish to post a document please post a plain text URL to the location of the document. | * //Attachments// - Please limit attachments to OpenPGP signatures. If you wish to post a document please post a plain text URL to the location of the document. |
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| * ''Signatures'' - It is a traditional courtesy to keep your email signature to 5 lines or fewer. | * //Signatures// - It is a traditional courtesy to keep your email signature to 5 lines or fewer. |
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| * ''Read your post before you hit send.'' - Remember that those email addresses belong to actual live people with feelings and their own tendency toward knee-jerk reactions. If you take your time and compose well written messages, and avoid personally attacking the people behind the addresses, they will respect you and do the same. | * //Read your post before you hit send.// - Remember that those email addresses belong to actual live people with feelings and their own tendency toward knee-jerk reactions. If you take your time and compose well written messages, and avoid personally attacking the people behind the addresses, they will respect you and do the same. Remember -- everything you say is archived and there for everyone to see; politeness will go a long way to giving you a good reputation on-line. |
| Remember -- everything you say is archived and there for everyone to see; | |
| politeness will go a long way to giving you a good reputation on-line. | |
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