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

[Dave Fisher]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 01:24:01PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 Sep 2005 13:02, Mischa Oliver Altmann wrote:
> > 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.

Good idea.

> 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.

Agreed.

Those without grey hair and/or beards might not be aware of the fact
that there is actually an internet standard for this kind of thing:
  
  http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html

Dave