Re: ADMIN: Dakota Mailing List Ettiquite [Monthly Posting]

From: Phillip Batson (pbatson68@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 01 2012 - 09:58:08 EDT


Wow, replying to an automated email..someone is bored! :P

Hey I just got my MTX Woofer under seat setup for my DAK! Woohoo!! Now I just have to find time to install it, and the amp...

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> From: Gary Hedlin <superdak@gmail.com>
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:07 AM
>Subject: Re: DML: ADMIN: Dakota Mailing List Ettiquite [Monthly Posting]
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>Yes almighty overlord of the Dakota universe!
>
>On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:05 PM,  <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
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>>        This file is automatically posted monthly to the Dakota
>>       Mailing List, and is also available in an HTML version at:
>>
>>                http://www.dakota-truck.net/rules.html
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>>      For information about list commands, send an e-mail message to
>>   majordomo@dakota-truck.net, and put "info dakota-truck" (no quotes) in the
>>   body.  Or, you can  use the WWW gateway on the DML Home Page.
>>            (http://www.dakota-truck.net/CGI-BIN/dml.html)
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>>
>>  Rules, suggestions, and guidelines for posting to the Dakota Mailing List
>>
>>   This document contains some rules, suggestions, and guidelines for
>> messages which are posted to the Dakota Mailing List.  In general, these
>> are suggestions and guidelines, more than hard and fast rules.  It would be
>> cool if everyone followed these suggestions all the time, but there is
>> certainly room for deviation.  (I'll be the first to admit that I've
>> strayed from these from time to time.)  :-)  Well, here they are:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Replying To Messages:
>>
>>        When replying to a message, please incude only the relavent portions
>>    of the original message.  For example, a post might bring up four or five
>>    seperate points.  If you're only going to address one of those points,
>>    instead of quoting the entire original message, only include the portion
>>    of the message which contains the point you're responding to.  This will
>>    greatly decrease bandwidth useage and it will make posts to the list
>>    much easier to read.  However, if a little snipping is good, more
>>    snipping is not necessarily better.  Be careful not to snip *too* much!
>>    Leave enough of the original message so that the reader can tell what is
>>    going on.
>>
>>        When replying to seperate parts of a message, it is a good idea to
>>    insert your replies in with the original message, rather than responding
>>    to all the points at the end of the message in a big block.  For
>>    example:
>>
>>     Original message:                 Your reply:
>>
>>        Point 1                         Original poster wrote:
>>        Point 2                         >Point 1
>>        Point 3                         Your response to point 1
>>
>>                                        >Point 2
>>
>>                                        Your response to point 2
>>
>>                                        >Point 3
>>
>>                                        Your response to point 3
>>
>>      Now, if someone wants to respond to your points, they just insert them
>>  at the appropriate location.  Be sure to leave some space between the
>>  original message and your replies, to make it easier to tell the two apart.
>>
>>
>>
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>>   Binary Attachments:
>>
>>    These are not good.  Please don't attach files to your posts.  If
>> you've got something (ex: a picture, sound, etc) that you'd like
>> people to be able to see, you can either post it on your own WWW page and
>> give people the URL, or (if applicable), you can send it to me (via e-mail)
>> for incusion on the DML Home Page.  My address is jon@dakota-truck.net.
>>
>>    NOTE:  You might be sending binary attachments to the list without
>> even knowing it!!  Some mailers (most of which are made by Microsoft) include
>> extra formatting information as an attachment which is incomprehensible by
>> standard e-mail clients.  It shows up as gobbelty-gook for most people.  One
>> such attachment is called TNEF.  Another type puts a copy of the message at
>> the end, formatted completely in HTML.  There may be others.  You should go
>> through the options or preferences of your mailer and turn these things off!
>>
>>    Speaking of gobbelty-gook...  Please make sure that your e-mail client
>> is set to send out your messages as ASCII or "plain text" format.  (As
>> opposed to HTML, "rich text", "styled text", etc.)  Anything but plain
>> text will show up as gobbelty-gook for a lot of people.  (Including all
>> of the people on the digest version, which is about half of the members
>> on the list...)  (Actually, the list filters are pretty decent, and if
>> you send a message to the DML which isn't plain text, it will probably
>> get bounced back at you.)  Note that if you use AOL 6.0, you don't have
>> much choice; HTML attachments are forced into every message you send.
>> If you have AOL 6.0, you should send your posts to the list to
>> aol@dakota-truck.net.  That will run them through a program that will
>> strip out the HTML junk before sending it off to the list.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Threads And Topics:
>>
>>   (Definition:  A thread is a series of posts under the same subject.)
>>
>>   Oftentimes, a thread will mutate into something very different than what
>> the original post was about.  If this happens, please change the subject of
>> the post (to reflect the new topic of discussion) when you reply.  An
>> accepted method of doing this is to put the new subject at the beginning of
>> the subject, then the keyword "Was:", followed by the original subject.
>>
>>   For example:
>>
>>   Old thread:    Subject: K&N Filtercharger
>>   New thread:    Subject: Doug Thorley headers  Was: K&N Filtercharger
>>
>>   This way, the subject gets changed to reflect the content of the post,
>> but people who were following the original thread will notice the change
>> and can follow the new thread, if they wish.
>>
>>   Sometimes, a thread will mutate into something not related to Dakotas
>> at all.  If this happens, please direct your response directly to the
>> interested parties (as opposed to the entire list).  (By default, your
>> responses are sent to the list.  You will have to determine who sent
>> the message, and cut and paste their e-mail address into the "To:" field.)
>> Another alternative is to use the DML Off Topic list.  (See Below)
>>
>>
>>    When posting, it is helpful to choose a good name for your post.
>> Try to pick a name that will give people some idea of the content of
>> your post.
>>
>>    While I'm on the subject of subject names, be careful about putting
>> words that are used in administrative commands in your subject.  (i.e.
>> subscribe, unsubscribe, help, etc.)  If you do, the list might think that
>> you're trying to send an administrative command to the list (instead of
>> majordomo@dakota-truck.net) and it will bounce your message to me for approval.
>> When I get your message, I can approve it and send if off to the list, but
>> it'll obviously take longer for your message to go through.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Flames, Bickering, And Other Such Nonsense:
>>
>>    Three words: DON'T DO IT!  More words:  If you feel the need to get
>> into a fightin' match with another DMLer, please do so via private e-mail.
>> There are about a thousand other DMLers who could care less about your
>> particular squabble.  Plus, posts from the DML are archived for all eternity
>> and viewable by hundreds of millions of web surfers.  The DML as a whole
>> has traditionally been quite good in this regard, but as our numbers grow,
>> naturally, the intimate nature of the list can start to deteriorate
>> somewhat.  I don't think it necessarily HAS to be this way though, and
>> I'd really prefer if non-constructive posts of this nature were not spewed
>> across the list.  Like I mentioned before, I'm not preventing you from
>> continuing your squabble, just please do it via private e-mail.  I don't
>> like having to police the list, but I'm not going to let a vocal minority
>> screw up the list for everyone else, so if I have to resort to warnings
>> and bans, I will.  How do you know if a thread is getting out of control?
>> Just think real hard before you send something out.  Is your post a rational
>> one, based on facts, or is it full of personal attacks?  Even if it is
>> rational, if we've heard it a million times before and all its doing is to
>> further a pointless argument, why post it again?  A REALLY good clue is if
>> you notice other DMLers replying to the posts with messages along the lines
>> of "please take this off list", or "stop this", its best to comply and take
>> it to private e-mail.  Thanks!  :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   The DML Off Topic list:
>>
>>    The DML Off Topic list was created by Mike Clark (mike@mikeclark.net) for
>> off topic posts.  Basically this is a bunch of DMLers talking about
>> non-Dakota topics.  On the DML Off Topic list, you can talk about whatever
>> you want!  We DMLers have established quite a close-knit community, and
>> its really nice to be able to talk about other things with the people
>> we have come to know so well.  Here is the info if you'd like to subscribe:
>>
>>   To subscribe, send a message to: dmlofftopic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
>>   To unsubscribe, send a message to: dmlofftopic-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>>   To send a message to the list, mail it to: dmlofftopic@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>  Or, you can subscribe, read the archives, etc. via the DML Off Topic
>> home page at http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/dmlofftopic or the normal
>> DML WWW Gateway.
>>
>>
>>
>>   If you have any questions, comments, corrections, etc., feel free to mail
>> me at jon@dakota-truck.net.  Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>                                              -Jon-
>>
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