[plug] PLUG mailing list regular post (sample proposal)

[Christian]

Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> Please comment on this proposal for a regular (monthly?) PLUG mailing
> list hints posting.

As long as it can be procmail'd to /dev/null, it can be every day. :-)

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> The PLUG mailing list is mailing list with an essentially public
> participation and audience. For this reason, we ask that you keep
> postings polite, clean and acrimony-free.
> PLUG is a fairly casual group, and beyond basic public manners, we ask
> that you refrain from insisting that others accept your views and
> values. Feel free to criticise any posting to this list, but do so
> kindly and politely.

My view would be that there is no need to be kind necessarily but any
criticism made should be a technical rather than personal in nature. 
When philosophical subjects come up then avoiding personal comments is
perhaps even more important.  Personal comments and discussions should
be avoided I feel. Ahem.

> If you crave more immediate feedback, and perhaps less politeness, you
> could try visiting the #linuxaus channel with your favourite IRC client.

Is #linuxaus the official channel of PLUG?  Since when?  If you're going
to mention this then perhaps you should mention #linux on the Oz.Org
network which other members of this list frequent.

> Most members on this list prefer to receive plain text mail (not HTML
> and never MS-Word documents) and some members do not have facilities for
> displaying graphics.

Amen.

> Quoting of large messages to put in a one-line reply is strongly
> discouraged, as is posting of large attachments (post a Web reference to
> the file instead, so only those interested need spend the time and
> bandwidth fetching it).

Ditto.

> If you have a complaint about the list, a posting on it, or the
> behaviour of a particular poster, please address it to the list list
> manager at plug-owner at plug.linux.org.au [Matt please correct if wrong],
> NOT the main list.

Of course, emailing the person directly to try and settle the difference
in a mature manner might also be advisable.  Emailing that persons ISP
and threatening spurious lawsuits would be right out...

Regards,

Christian.