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_______ F i l m - P h i l o s o p h y
_______ ISSN 1466-4615
_______ Journal | Salon | Portal
_______ PO Box 26161, London SW8 4WD
_______ http://www.film-philosophy.com
Summary:
Delete quoted text when 'replying'
Send only plain text emails
Check message has suitable subject line
Send no attachments or 'business cards' or large quoted texts
Change to Digest version if your inbox is getting too busy
And, how to leave -- if it's all getting too much
When hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are
replying to -- namely, do not leave old posts underneath your reply (but by
all means quote lines you particularly want to refer to). This can greatly
reduce download times, and makes emails (esp. digest ones) much easier and
faster to read.
Please do not use html or styled formatting when sending messages -- some
members will not be able to read your post, and non-formatted texts take up
less bandwidth and thus download quicker. Set your email software to
compose messages in plain text (ascii). For example, if you are using
Outlook Express go into your Preferences, located in the Edit menu; click
on Message Composition, and under Mail Sending Format switch to Plain Text
(you should also uncheck 'Reply to messages in the format they were sent').
Apart from anything else, the salon is generally committed to public access
internet forms (i.e. acsii emails and simple web design).
Styled formatting can be replaced by a simple ascii text style guide: to
emphasise words *quote with asterisks*; film and book titles should be
marked with underscores -- Deleuze's _Cinema_, Sokurov's _Mother and Son_;
mark titles of articles and all quotations with 'single quotation marks';
and instead of tabs or indents simply separate paragraphs with a one line
gap.
When sending a message please check that the subject line reflects the
message content, and is not just one left over from a previous thread. If
you are replying to a digest message (or someone else's reply to one),
please take a second to alter the subject line from 'Re: Digest of
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refering to. Not only does this make it easy for other members to follow
the current discussion(s), but it also means that checking a previous
subject thread at the website archive is made easier.
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attachment may contain a virus, may be in a format others cannot use, may
not make it through some mail gateways, and will bog down both the list
server and members' mail servers. Also disable any 'notify sender' options
-- unless you actually want 600-odd notifications.
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