[Wylug-discuss] Future meetings.........

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 Sep 2005 13:02, Mischa Oliver Altmann wrote:
> >   1. Some people simply don't know how to maintain threads properly
> >
> >   2. But often one simply can't be sure whether a new point should
> >   branch from an existing thread, continue the main thread or start an
> >   entirely new one.
>
> well, here's one topic for a 10minute session. I realise that there are
> a places to look these things up but many of us don't because we think
> we're doing the right thing already. mailing lists form an integral part
> of most open source development/discussion/help and hence it would be
> worth while to spend some time on it.
>
On the same lines, a few minute on mailing list etiquette generally, and 
why people get wound up about things.  We have a page at 
http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrivaMailingListEtiquette 
where some informal 'rules' are set, with explanations.  Not all will be 
appropriate to wylug, perhaps, but similar points should be covered for 
the sake of newbies that have never heard of them.  After all, some 
mailers make it quite hard to send plain text, unless you know exactly 
what to look for :-)  

Speaking of which, a topic that often comes up is "What's the problem with 
html messages?"  That could fill another 10 minutes.

Anne
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