[Jewelry making - Article 01294] - [Orchid] [FAQ] Is there anything I should not post to Orchid?

[Hanuman]

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    The basic rule is that as long as your post has some content related
    to the primary subject of the list, and does not contain much
    off-topic material, then it is fine for the list. 

    Please note - Orchid is a flame free group! You should not post
    inflammatory (aka flame) mail to the list. It is perfectly fine to
    disagree with people publicly, but be careful how you do it. For
    example, if you think someone is giving wrong information on a
    particular subject, it may be fine to say "this idea is wrong,'' but
    it is over the line to say "you are clueless"; 

    On the flip side, if someone posts something with which you are in
    particular agreement, that's great. You should not, however, follow
    up to the list with a post containing no more than "Me too!'' or
    "Amen!'' If you have something of substance to add to the
    discussion, then by all means do so, but if you simply wish to
    express a simple agreement, then do it in private mail. 

    -  You should also not repost private email to the list unless you
    have obtained prior consent from the author. Such reposting in some
    legal jurisdictions may be a violation of copyright, or other rights
    of the original author. 

    -  Please do not send attachments to the list without getting
    previous approval. It is good Net-practice to describe the file
    available in a separate posting, and then send it on privately to
    those parties interested. If it is an item of general interest, files
    can be uploaded to Ganoksin's free FTP site, where they can reach a
    wider audience.  

    - When posting to Orchid please send plain text emails by default.
    Using fancy formatting in emails can be nice, and all these
    stationery and letter creations are fascinating. But not everybody
    can or wants to receive rich text messages. 

    Some email programs are not capable of rendering the HTML used for
    rich formatting in email messages. Others try, but fail. 

    Other recipients might have email clients that can properly render
    HTML messages, but disabled rich formatting in email for various
    reasons, mostly purity of the medium, bandwidth issues, security and
    privacy among others. 

    If you did send rich formatted message to Orchid, The moderators
    will manually remove all rich text formatting and attachments before
    forwarding your post to the group. 

    -- You should always provide some context to your replies so that
    people who may not have been following the thread closely, or who
    have other things on their minds will easily be able to determine
    what you're talking about. However, when quoting, be very careful to
    edit the quoted sections down to the bare minimum of text needed to
    maintain the context for your reply. Also be careful that you clearly
    indicate what text you're quoting (as opposed to what you're
    writing), and if possible, cite the author of the original text. 

    If your mail program wants to attach the whole message you're
    replying to on the end of your replies, please do not let it do this
    if you can possibly avoid it. It is a good thing to include excerpts
    from previous messages with your replies to maintain a logical flow
    of discussion, but it is almost always a bad thing to include the
    entire text of a message being replied to, be it at the start or end
    of your reply.

For a better Orchid
Hanuman

 
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