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On Apr 12, 2016 1:06 AM, "Ralf Mardorf"
On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:08:06 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote:
On 04/12/2016 02:23 AM, Stephen wrote:
I apologise, I didn't realise this was the case. I've often read, but never participated in, mailing lists. Is there a list of "common etiquette" that you'd recommend reading? I'd like to avoid embarrassing issues such as this again.
You can google "mailing list etiquette" to see some examples.
The main rules are: - plaintext, not HTML mail - no attachments
Some mailing lists allow small attachments. But it's also common practise to use http://pastebin.com/, http://picpaste.com/ and smlar sites and then just to post links.
- wrap lines at 72 characters
At around 72, <= 80. 72 is the most common used value. When posting snippets of code or command line output, line wrapping should be avoided.
- post replies inline, below the quote (bottom-posting) - remove extraneous quoted matter, especially nested quotes
In addition:
- If somebody wants to reply to digest, MIME digest should be used, to keep subject and thread of the original posts.
Reply-to headers shouldn't be used, they could break mailing list replies for some MUAs on some mailing lists and we usually should reply to the mailing lists only.