1) If you receive a strange notice "Your msg undeliverable to..." please
just ignore. It generally means that your msg did not get to one or a few
subscribers. When you receive *your* copy of the distributed msg, that
confirms it went out to everyone. If in doubt, just *forward* confusing
notices to me. Please do not resend your message to learning-org; it could
easily be distributed a second time.
2) Please sign your msg with full name and email address at the bottom.
This is required; some people's mail programs do not display the "from"
address in the msg header. It's also good practice anywhere on the net. I
recommend you include your organizational affiliation, but this is not
required.
3) When replying to a msg, leave the LO### in the subject line. My
software does the rest (it assigns a new LO### for your msg and inserts
the line "Replying to LO###").
4) When replying to a msg, try to quote just enough of that msg to
establish the context for your readers. Don't quote the entire previous
msg. Distinguish the text you are quoting from your own new text.
How to distinguish quoted material:
a) Recommended: Add a line, "John Doe said:" and put a > as the first
character of each quoted line. Many mail programs will do this for you (I
use pine and Eudora)
b) 2nd Choice: like (a) but > only on the first line of each quoted
paragraph. Leave extra white space after the quoted material.
c) 3rd Choice: If necessary, say "*** end of quote ***" after the quoted
material.
5) The > character is OK, but please DO NOT use the opposite angle bracket
anywhere in your msg except for email addresses and web URLs, like these:
Richard Karash <rkarash@world.std.com>
<http://world.std.com/~lo/>
6) Your msgs come to me for review and then are distributed to all
subscribers. Then they stay in the LO archive, accessible by web, ftp, and
gopher, for a *long* time and may show up in internet searches (e.g.
Lycos). If you'd like to remove anything from the archive, please let me
know (by LO### please).
7) Experimental: I can put graphics on the web pages! If you'd like to
attach a graphic to your msg, send the msg as usual, fax the graphic to me
at 617-523-3839 with a cover sheet, and indicate IN CAPITAL LETTERS in the
msg where you want the graphic to appear. 1/4 to 1/2 page graphics are
best. No multi-page graphics please. Your msg (sans graphic) will go to
email subscribers, but the web page will show text w/graphic.
Thanks again for your contributions! Email me anytime with comments,
questions, or problems.
--
Richard Karash ("Rick") | <http://world.std.com/~rkarash>
Speaker, Facilitator, Trainer | email: rkarash@world.std.com
Towards Learning Organizations | Host for Learning-Org Mailing List
(617)227-0106, fax (617)523-3839 | <http://world.std.com/~lo>