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

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 Sep 2005 14:21, Dave Fisher wrote:
> 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
>
Sure, but not the lightest of reading, is it?  I usually direct people to 
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html

Anne
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://list.wylug.org.uk/pipermail/wylug-discuss/attachments/20050914/09a5c147/attachment.bin