- Know
what the News Group that you are currently in, is all about and
Don't Post OFF TOPIC...
Keep your Subject
limited to whatever the NG is designed for... if it's HTML then
Post ONLY HTML-Related Questions or Statements! If it's a more
general NG then still, keep your Subject ON TOPIC and avoid
"socializing" or "cluttering-up" the board with "gossip" or
meaningless remarks! Board space is very Valuable and all of us
want to feel free to get our fair share of it...
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Don't use meaningless or vague Subjects for your
Post...
Subjects like: "Help"
or "I can't figure this out" are not going to enable Helpers to
know specifically what you mean or want... and your chances of
getting a useful Reply (or any Reply at all) are diminished a great
deal by using vague Subjects!
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Don't SPAM...
We are all annoyed by
selfish, repetitive, and usually Off-Topic Posts (you know who you
are)! If you have VALUABLE INFORMATION which will HELP all or a
majority of readers, then Post it...
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ALWAYS Read Thru the complete list of previous
Posts...
Chances are good that
someone else has asked or replied to the SAME Subject (more reason
to be Specific in your Subject)!
- TURN
OFF YOUR HTML Sigs...
HTML itself was Designed
for webpages and using it in emails or NG Posts is cute but not
helpful to readers who are NOT INTERESTED in your knowledge of
customizing emails or Posts... UNLESS the NG you are currently in,
is about that (HTML Sigs) Subject! Using HTML not only adds to the
load time, and frustration for readers (music is NOT enjoyable for
information gathering... it gets old fast), but can cause units to
"freeze-up" or "crash"... so save your HTML for webpage design
where it belongs!
Here are some articles you should read about why you should NOT use HTML in Emails:
http://evolt.org/article/view/25/781/index.html
http://www.templatekit.com/htm/art/flash_email.htm
http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/asrg/02-07-2000.html
http://email.about.com/od/staysecureandprivate/a/webbug_privacy.htm
http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml
- Give
Us A REFERENCE LINK...
If your problem refers
to a webpage or to some HTML Code, PLEASE give the URL of the page so that we can quickly assist you...