Hi Laura, Good Netiquette. Will make a point of being a better List Member. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe & Laura Schmidt <DigMyPast@msn.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: [SC] Fw: From List Maintainer: 20 Tips on Email and Netiquette > Hi List Members! > > Since it is the subject at hand, I figured > I would give you all some hints at writing more productive emails and a > little bit of netiquette. Hopefully some of you will pick up on a few of > these! > > 1) Please when writing to the list, look at the subject line in your email! > Is it pertinent to your query? Or have you just hit the reply button to > someone else's mail and the subject has nothing to do with your letter? > Please make that subject line special to your query! > > 2) DO NOT hit reply to on the entire digest! DO NOT have a subject line > that says Re: LISTNAME-D Digest V00 #266! That subject has nothing to do > with your query or anyone else's original message! > > 3) When writing a query, DO NOT write in all UPPERCASE LETTERS! This is > only done when you are SHOUTING at someone! > > 4) When writing an effective query, please put SURNAMES in UPPERCASE as this > makes it easier for others to spot when reading their mail, thusly making > your query more effective! > > 5) Try to list any dates and locations that you know! Maybe someone else > will be searching that SURNAME in that time period and locality, (not > necessarily your ancestor but maybe a brother, sister or cousin) > > 6) Always include your email address in the body of the letter too! The > messages are archived. It will be easier for someone to do a search in the > mail lists and see your email address in the body so if they are not list > members, they can still answer you easily! > > 7) Be polite! No one is perfect and not everyone will take the time to use > common netiquette, but that doesn't mean you have a right to tell them what > to do. If you have a problem with a list member, write > LISTNAME-admin@Rootsweb.com and let the list maintainer decide what to do. > You have no right telling fellow list members what to do or not to do! > > 8) When sending a web site address, always type it in the form of "http://." > because some e-mail programs will permit the user to click on a web address > to go right there. Without the "http://" prefix these programs will not > recognize it as such. > > 9) Do not blatantly promote your business by posting an advertisement to a > discussion group, unless it is clearly an accepted use and you have cleared > it with the list maintainer first. Otherwise, you are "spamming." > > 10}Do not forward personal e-mail to a discussion group without getting the > author's permission first. Also do not forward from one mail list to another > without the original author of the message's permission! > > 11) Read over your e-mail before you send it. Although e-mail is an informal > method of communication, be sure you make your points clear and concise. Use > a spell checker if available! > > 12) Consider that a large audience will see your posts. Take care in what > you write. Remember too, that mailing lists are archived, and that your > words will be stored for a very long time in a place to which many people > have access. > > 13) If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you > summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough > text of the original to give a context. This will make sure readers > understand when they start to read your response. Giving context helps > everyone. But do not include the entire original! > > 14) Be careful when you reply to messages or postings. Frequently replies > are sent back to the address which originated the post - which in many cases > is the address of the mail list! You may accidentally send a personal > response to a great many people, embarrassing all involved. > > 15) When sending a message to more than one mailing list, especially if the > lists are closely related, apologize for cross-posting! > > 16) When unsubscribing from a list on RootsWeb write a new email in plain > text to LISTNAME-L-Request@RootsWeb.com (or -D if you are a digest mode > member) with only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message and please > spell unsubscribe correctly. You have to unsub from the address you are > subscribed under, otherwise you will never get off the list! If you can't > use the address you are subscribed under, write LISTNAME-admin@RootsWeb.com > and explain the problem. > > 17) Do not post virus warnings to the mail lists! RootsWeb has filtering > set up where you will NEVER get a virus from a RootsWeb mailing list! > > 18) Always post in "plain text" If you don't know how to switch your > program to plain text, see http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/html-off.html > and it will walk you through it! > > 19) Write LISTNAME-admin@RootsWeb.com before deciding to promote a new > mailing list. Ask permission first! > > 20) Most of all have fun! > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina Genealogical Resources > http://www.crosswinds.net/~southcarolina/Societies/societies.html >