RE: [PHP] [Newbie Guide] For the benefit of new members

Quoting "Chris W. Parker" <cparker@swatgear.com>: > tech@leatherlink.net <mailto:tech@leatherlink.net> > on Monday, August 25, 2003 5:11 AM said: > > > 5. Provide a clear descriptive subject line. Avoid general subjects > > like "Help!!", "A Question" etc. > > Change to: > > 5. Provide a clear descriptive subject line. Avoid general subjects like > "Help!!", "A Question", etc. Especially avoid blank subjects. Many > people see this as rude and will ignore your mail outright, myself > included. > > > (Does it make sense to put "urgent help needed!" in your subject? Isn't > everyone's email "urgent" to one degree or another?) > Along these lines, you might want to add : Do not send your messages high priority, as some people have special filters for such messages. Do not request return reciepts, received reciepts, etc. Do not send attachments If at all possible, send your message plain text. Trim as the original post only to the parts that are relevant to your discussion. No point seeing the same code repeated in five emails. Just my thoughts -- Burhan phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com http://www.meidomus.com