[ic] Interchange-users guidelines [semi-monthly posting]

[interchange-users@lists.akopia.com]

>I have been trying for 2 months to get off you users list.  Is there 
>anyone with an IQ over 10 that can read an email and respond by 
>taking me off your list?










>interchange-users@lists.akopia.com is a list for users who have 
>questions about
>configuring, setting up, and fine tuning Interchange catalogs.  Other topics
>will include:
>
>  - announcements of Interchange releases and fixes
>  - notification and submission of Interchange bugs
>  - distributing pages which implement Interchange functions
>  - discussing the future development of Interchange
>  - any other topic relating *directly* to Interchange
>
>The list started January 5, 1997 as minivend-users.  For an archive of past
>articles, see:
>
>    http://developer.akopia.com/archive/interchange-users/
>
>Also, because the list has high volume for one of its type, before
>posting to the list it is recommended that you use the search feature at:
>
>    http://developer.akopia.com/
>
>Many questions can be answered by trying some keywords at this
>facility. Try more than one combination.
>
>It is common courtesy when posting to a forum such as this to:
>
>  1. Include the version of software you are using, i.e.
>  Interchange 4.6.1. Bugs are fixed and deficiencies corrected
>  in each release of Interchange, as with almost any software.
>
>  2. Include relevant information where appropriate.
>  The operating system in question is often relevant, as
>  is the Perl version and database type in use.
>
>  3. When talking about tag problems, include a snippet of ITL
>  tags which illustrates the problem.
>
>  4. When posting about PGP, Glimpse, or anything else that
>  uses an external command, you need to state what happens
>  when you run the same thing from the command line.
>
>  5. Include error log entries or a statement that there
>  are none.
>
>If a post to this list doesn't include the relevant information, not only
>are you unlikely to get a reasonable answer, you will add to the volume of
>the list and make it less likely that reasonable questions are answered.
>
>All entries are archived and available via a web gateway.  The
>"X-No-Archive: Yes" header is honored if you choose to use it.
>
>List etiquette issues:
>
> -- No HTML mail is allowed. Besides being improper email netiquette,
>    it destroys the digest.
>
> -- Please try to keep your line size less than 80 characters.
>
> -- No PGP signatures should be used. This is not a legal record.
>
> -- No flame wars are tolerated.
>
> -- No "courtesy copies" unless specifically requested. It
>    can be annoying to some people to receive two copies of
>    the same message.
>
> -- If you must munge, make sure you mention this in the
>    BODY of the message and not buried incomprehensibly in
>    the header or in a cluttered signature attachment.
>
> -- The list changes the Reply-To: header to point to the
>    list. While this is by popular demand, it is recognized that it
>    is not always the best mode of operation. You should reply by email
>    directly to the sender if the post will not be of general use.
>
> -- Contextual quoting is preferred, i.e.
>
>		Quoting user1 (<user1@somedomain.redhat.com>):
>		> Some limited text that will give context.
>		>
>
>		Your reply.
>
>    versus
>
>		Your reply, lazily put at the top.
>
>		Quoting user1 (<user1@somedomain.redhat.com>):
>		> The whole big blob of the previous posts, including
>		> signatures and all
>
>	In fact, the author of the program stops following a thread
>	the moment this lazy quoting method is used. He figures that
>	if you can't take half a minute of your time to save multiple
>	minutes of the readers time, the heck with ya.
>
>For more information see the Netiquette RFC:
>
>	http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
>
>Thanks for your cooperation. We believe we have one of the best user
>lists going, and we would like to keep it useful and pleasant to use.
>
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