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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ and dies.</p>
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<dt><a href="#acceptable">Acceptable Topics</a><dd>
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<dt><a href="#unacceptable">Unacceptable Topics</a><dd>
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- <dt><a href="#quoting">Quoting and Message Size</a><dd>
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+ <dt><a href="#quoting">Effective Posting</a><dd>
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<dt><a href="#behavior">Prohibited Behavior</a><dd>
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<dt><a href="#culture">Culture</a><dd>
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@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ will let you know.</p>
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newsgroup instead.</li>
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<li>Job offers.</li>
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<li>Requests for solutions to homework assignments.</ul>
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-<h2><a name="quoting"></a>Quoting and Message Size</h2>
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+<h2><a name="quoting"></a>Effective Posting</h2>
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-<p>Please <b>limit the amount of quoted text</b> in replies to this
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-list. Some people have to pay for, or wait for, each byte that they
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-download from the list. More importantly, it will save time and make
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-your post more valuable when readers do not have to find out which
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-exact part of a previous message you are responding to.
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+<p>Please <b>prune extraneous quoted text</b> from replies so that
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+only the relevant parts are included. Some people have to pay for, or
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+wait for, each byte that they download from the list. More
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+importantly, it will save time and make your post more valuable when
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+readers do not have to find out which exact part of a previous message
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+you are responding to.
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<p>A common and very useful approach is to cite the small fractions of
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the message you are actually responding to and to put your response
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@@ -107,9 +108,12 @@ href="http://www.tinyurl.com">tinyurl.com</a>. Citing the relevant
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portion of a message you link to is often helpful (if the citation is
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small).
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-<p>Don't forget, it's a single writer but there are many readers.
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-So, saving some time for the readers is worth spending extra
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-time when writing a message.
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+<p>Don't forget, you're a single writer but there are many readers,
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+and you want them to stay interested in what you're saying. Saving
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+your readers a little time and effort is usually worth the extra time
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+you spend when writing a message. Also, boost discussions are saved
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+for posterity, as rationales and history of the work we do. A post's
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+usefulness in the future is determined by its readability.
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<p>The mailing list software automatically limits message and
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attachment size to a reasonable amount, typically 75K, which is
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@@ -117,6 +121,22 @@ adjusted from time-to-time by the moderators.. This limit is a
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courtesy to those who rely on dial-up Internet access.
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</p>
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+<p><b>When starting a new topic, always send a fresh message</b>,
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+rather than beginning a reply to some other message and replacing the
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+subject and body. Many mailers are able to detect the thread you
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+started with and will show the new message as part of the original
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+thread, which probably isn't what you intended. Follow this guideline
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+for your own sake as well as for others'. Often, people scanning for
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+relevant messages will decide they're done with a topic and hide or
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+kill the entire thread: your message will be missed, and you won't get
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+the response you're looking for.
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+
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+<p><b>Do not reply to digests</b> if you are a digest delivery
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+subscriber. Your reply will not be properly threaded and will
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+probably have the wrong subject line. Instead, you can reply through
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+the <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel">GMane
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+web interface</a>.
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+
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<h2><a name="behavior"></a>Prohibited behavior</h2>
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<p>Prohibited behavior will not be tolerated. The moderators will ban
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postings by abusers.</p>
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Dave Abrahams