Proper ettiquette for posting messages

[jdow]

From: "Steven Stern" <sds-email-list at mindspring.com>

> On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 14:42:15 -0500, "David Hunt"
<david.hunt.linux at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >My first attempt at posting messages
> >(http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-January/msg00008.html)
gave
> >me what I wanted - a solution. But I do not appear to have the reply part
of
> >this figured out, as the responses are not placed where I want them to
go.
> >Is there an ettiquette document? How should replies be formatted? I have
> >tried clicking on the Reply-To link in the email, but it doesn't copy any
of
> >the original text. Do I have something setup wrong? Does my using XP to
> >reply have anything to do with it? Thanks for any help.
>
> It looks like you're using Outlook Express. Unfortunately, OE doesn't show
> mailing lists like this as it would a newsgroup. That is, it does turn the
> message traffic into the sorts of threads you'd get on from a USENET
server.
>
> Let me recommend this:
>
> 1.  On comcast, you can set up 4 more email addresses. Create  a special
> address you use just for mailing lists.
>
> 2. Get a copy of a newgroup reader that also supports email (like Mozilla
or
> Agent) to handle the traffic on this mailing list.
>
> I use Agent to read this list and it acts just like any real newsgroup
that I
> process through Agent.

Better yet learn how to use Outlook Express folders. Then if the mail
from address contains "redhat.com" sort it into a linux folder. You can
even figure out, with a skosh of effort, how to develop large numbers of
folders this way, one per list. Then you don't have to use the digest mode
at all.

{^_-}