Re: roottalk list usage: guidelines and suggestions

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Fri Jul 09 1999 - 09:08:41 MEST


Matthew D. Langston wrote:
> 
> There has been a bit of chatter on roottalk recently about "bandwidth
> concerns" or "list flooding" concerning posts to roottalk that are "too
> large".
......  etc..

Hi Matt,
Thanks for posting this interesting view on roottalk that reflects well
our original intention with the list. 
A few more points:
 - It is not our intention to introduce any limitation in the posting.
 - we expect people to post questions/problems of general interest.
 - We strongly encourage the mails to have a clear "Subject" that can
help
   in searching later in the archives.
 - When a problem is reported, please ALWAYS indicate the root version
tag
   and the machine.
 - When a problem is reported, provide an example as short as possible
   that we can use to reproduce the problem. But provide enough
information.
   We are spending a lot of time in asking for more information.
 - Before sending a mail, please consult the mail archive to check if
   a similar problem/question has already been posted.
 - if you report a problem, consult the release notes of the latest
   development version. May be your problem has already been solved.
 - do not hesitate to post URLs of your work. We are aware of very
interesting
   developments in many areas. We can also add your URL to our reference
list.

Rene Brun



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