| General Advice for e-Mail |
| You may get answers to your questions by reviewing the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) or the archives (previous messages or postings sent), available through Dejanews (http://groups.google.com/) or listed when you subscribe. Be sure to read both for a few days before sending an e-mail query yourself. You'll invite negative responses if you ask a question that is redundant or inappropriate. Since some mailing lists are really scholarly conferences by e-mail, check carefully before attempting to participate.
As you scroll through a list of messages in a newsgroup, you'll notice the importance of accurate wording for the subject line. A well-phrased subject line assures that the message will be read by people who are interested in that topic. Many people ignore messages with vague or emotional subject lines (such as "I need help!"). Give a concise indication of your message: "Request anecdotes on distance learning." You will also notice that some people repeat the entire message they're responding to, since some e-mail programs make it easy to do so. It's preferable to quote briefly from the message you're responding to, using angle brackets on each line to indicate the quote > . Some e-mail programs do this automatically. |
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