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Add content to the "general information" section about email etiquette, appropriate mail clients, etc.


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<section id="general">
<title>General Information</title>
<p>Before posting questions to any list, review "<jump href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</jump>".</p>
<p>Be sure to set your email client to send plain text email messages to any mailing lists.
<p>Before posting questions to any list:</p>
<ul>
<li>Review the <jump href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html">Jakarta Mailing Lists - Guidelines</jump> for general principles about mailing lists.</li>
<li>Review "<jump href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</jump>".</li>
<li>Send only <em>plain text</em> email messages to any mailing lists.
Please do <em>not</em> send html or rtf email, as they do not work well with the archive engines.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this setting can be found at the "Mail Format" tab of the Tools/Options menu.</p>
If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this setting can be found at the "Mail Format" tab of the Tools/Options menu.</li>
<li>Use a mail client that respects the <em>References</em> and/or <em>In-Reply-To</em> mail header entries. This is important for mail clients that can display threads as trees. <strong>Compliant mail clients</strong> include Microsoft Outlook, Becky!, KMail, Apple Mail, Ximian Evolution, Mozilla (version 1.2 or greater). Non-compliant mail clients include Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Internet Mail Service (MUA or MTA), and dtmail.</li>
</ul>
<p>For help in understanding email acronyms, see the <jump href="http://www.lingo2word.com/lists/acronym_listA.html">Lingo2Word Acronym List</jump>, or the <jump href="http://www.keno.org/web_design/acronyms.htm">Keno Internet Services Internet Glossary</jump>.</p>
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