What are some general guidelines for posting messages to lists?
The following are general guidelines that should be observed when posting messages to a mailing list: • Meaningful Subject Line When sending messages to a mailing list, please make sure that they have a clear and descriptive entry on the “Subject:” line. • Include a Signature Please be sure to sign your full name at the bottom of your posting and include your affiliation(s) and email address. Some subscribers may receive their email messages with the header information stripped away by their local system and therefore cannot know the author of a particular posting. • Provide Context Every posting should begin with a clear introduction to the topic, or offer some kind of reference to the topic or a previous posting. There are often several “threads” of discussion going on simultaneously, which makes unreferenced postings confusing to readers. A popular way of providing context is to quote verbatim from the original message. However, keep the quotations *short* and *relevant.* Quoting wh
