On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:08:06 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: >On 04/12/2016 02:23 AM, Stephen wrote: >> I apologise, I didn't realise this was the case. I've often read, but >> never participated in, mailing lists. Is there a list of "common >> etiquette" that you'd recommend reading? I'd like to avoid >> embarrassing issues such as this again. > >You can google "mailing list etiquette" to see some examples. > >The main rules are: >- plaintext, not HTML mail >- no attachments Some mailing lists allow small attachments. But it's also common practise to use http://pastebin.com/, http://picpaste.com/ and smlar sites and then just to post links. >- wrap lines at 72 characters At around 72, <= 80. 72 is the most common used value. When posting snippets of code or command line output, line wrapping should be avoided. >- post replies inline, below the quote (bottom-posting) >- remove extraneous quoted matter, especially nested quotes In addition: - If somebody wants to reply to digest, MIME digest should be used, to keep subject and thread of the original posts. Reply-to headers shouldn't be used, they could break mailing list replies for some MUAs on some mailing lists and we usually should reply to the mailing lists only.
