[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/main/en: lists.xml

["Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@gentoo.org>]

nightmorph    10/01/05 10:51:09

  Modified:             lists.xml
  Log:
  add link to netiquette guidelines, bug 222075

Revision  Changes    Path
1.112                xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?rev=1.112&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?rev=1.112&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml?r1=1.111&r2=1.112

Index: lists.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.111
retrieving revision 1.112
diff -u -r1.111 -r1.112
--- lists.xml	10 Nov 2009 19:34:44 -0000	1.111
+++ lists.xml	5 Jan 2010 10:51:09 -0000	1.112
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE mainpage SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v 1.111 2009/11/10 19:34:44 robbat2 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/main/en/lists.xml,v 1.112 2010/01/05 10:51:09 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <mainpage>
 <title>Gentoo Mailing Lists</title>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 </abstract>
 
 <license/>
-<version>3.95</version>
-<date>2008-12-28</date>
+<version>3.96</version>
+<date>2010-01-05</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Mailing Lists</title>
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 
 <p>
 The Gentoo free software project has a number of public mailing lists, covering
-a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by 
-<uri link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and
-provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to
-comply with modern mailing list manager standards and conventions.
+a variety of Gentoo-related subjects. Our mailing lists are powered by <uri
+link="http://mlmmj.mmj.dk">mlmmj</uri> and provides <c>List-Id:</c> mail headers
+and <c>[listname]</c> subject prefixes to comply with modern mailing list
+manager standards and conventions.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -626,19 +626,28 @@
 <b>Misc list policies.</b>
 </p>
 
-<p>HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA,
-specifically web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely).
-Beware that some users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML
-entirely, so it might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent
-HTML-only email. In order of preference, you should endeavour to send:
-text/plain, multipart with text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is
-acceptable and widely used.</p>
-
-<p>Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In
-the interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message
-that goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any
-previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists
-will also be removed.</p>
+<p>
+HTML email is discouraged, but not forbidden (there are some MUA, specifically
+web-based that make it very hard to disable HTML entirely).  Beware that some
+users may have their recieving side configured to hide HTML entirely, so it
+might look like you are ignored, especially if you sent HTML-only email. In
+order of preference, you should endeavour to send: text/plain, multipart with
+text/plain before text/html, text/html. MIME is acceptable and widely used.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Please do not send any vacation or out of office messages to the list. In the
+interests of reducing list spam, if you set any auto-responding message that
+goes to the lists, we will unsubscribe your account from ALL lists. Any
+previously subscribed addresses that send mail server messages to the lists will
+also be removed.
+</p>
+
+<note>
+For general email list netiquette, <uri
+link="http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html">these guidelines</uri> are an
+excellent primer.
+</note>
 
 </body>
 </section>