From a5c7608171c2dda64ba4122f9b06ed598e0bab72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Victor Mote
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 00:05:20 +0000
Subject: Add content to the "general information" section about email
etiquette, appropriate mail clients, etc.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@196637 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
(limited to 'src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml')
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml
index 0e18180d0..d42fabea8 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/maillist.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@
General Information
- Before posting questions to any list, review "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way".
- Be sure to set your email client to send plain text email messages to any mailing lists.
+
Before posting questions to any list:
+
+ - Review the Jakarta Mailing Lists - Guidelines for general principles about mailing lists.
+ - Review "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way".
+ - Send only plain text email messages to any mailing lists.
Please do not 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.
+If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this setting can be found at the "Mail Format" tab of the Tools/Options menu.
+ Use a mail client that respects the References and/or In-Reply-To mail header entries. This is important for mail clients that can display threads as trees. Compliant mail clients 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.
+
For help in understanding email acronyms, see the Lingo2Word Acronym List, or the Keno Internet Services Internet Glossary.