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RFC 1855 - eine Netiquette



One-to-Many Communication
There are several ways to find information about what mailing
lists exist on the Internet and how to join them. Make sure you
understand your organization's policy about joining these lists and
posting to them. In general it is always better to check local
resources first before trying to find information via the Internet.
Nevertheless, there are a set of files posted periodically to
news.answers which list the Internet mailing lists and how to
subscribe to them. This is an invaluable resource for finding lists on
any topic. See also references [9,13,15] in the Selected Bibliography.
- Send subscribe and unsubscribe messages to the appropriate
address. Although some mailing list software is smart enough
to catch these, not all can ferret these out. It is your
responsibility to learn how the lists work, and to send the correct
mail to the correct place. Although many many mailing lists adhere to
the convention of having a "-request" alias for sending
subscribe and unsubscribe messages, not all do. Be sure you know the
conventions used by the lists to which you subscribe.
- Save the subscription messages for any lists you join. These
usually tell you how to unsubscribe as well.
- In general, it's not possible to retrieve messages once you have
sent them. Even your system administrator will not be able to get a
message back once you have sent it. This means you must make sure you
really want the message to go as you have written it.
- The auto-reply feature of many mailers is useful for in-house
communication, but quite annoying when sent to entire mailing lists.
Examine "Reply-To" addresses when replying to messages from
lists. Most auto-replys will go to all members of the list.
- Don't send large files to mailing lists when Uniform Resource
Locators (URLs) or pointers to ftp-able versions will do. If you want
to send it as multiple files, be sure to follow the culture of the
group. If you don't know what that is, ask.
- Consider unsubscribing or setting a "nomail" option
(when it's available) when you cannot check your mail for an extended
period.
- When sending a message to more than one mailing list, especially
if the lists are closely related, apologize for cross-posting.
- If you ask a question, be sure to post a summary. When doing so,
truly summarize rather than send a cumulation of the messages you
receive.
- Some mailing lists are private. Do not send mail to these lists
uninvited. Do not report mail from these lists to a wider audience.
- If you are caught in an argument, keep the discussion focused on
issues rather than the personalities involved.