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Posting guidelines -- please read



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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:57:41 -0600 (MDT)
From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Posting guidelines -- please read  

Posting Guidelines for the Tesla Coil Mailing List.

-Keep messsages on topic (of course).  This includes, unfortunately, mention of your 
 other fascinating hobbies, unless relevant to the subject at hand.

-When replying to a specific message ALWAYS quote, but only quote the relevant        
 parts.  Messages that contain 3 pages of quotes from the last ten messages on the
 subject are unnecessary.

-Thank You's should be mailed to the person you are thanking.  No need for public 
 thanks unless you have something to add that can benefit the whole group.  

-One liners such as "Great message, I agree completely" do not benefit the group
 as a whole.  (Especially after three pages of quoting). If it must be said, send it  
 to the author, not the list.

-Replies to ads for items for sale go directly to the author. Not to be confused  
 with questions about products whose answers may enlighten the group.

-Following along with the last three, always ask yourself if your message will
 benefit anybody else in the group.  If not send it directly to the original author.
 
-Pictures need to have a good description written for each.  Date of picture, sytem  
 parameters, who built it, an e-mail address if possible.  This needs to be a nice  
 informative description that can be saved to file with minimal editing that can  
 accompany pictures to an FTP site or wherever they end up.  

-All types of tesla coils are welcome topics of discussion.  1/4 wave, magnifiers,
 bi-polar, tube, etc.) 

-When uuencoding files, please put the file name in the 8.3 format (DOS).  Not
 everyone is blessed with Linux, UNIX, or a Mac.


Thanks for your consideration.

Chip


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