SOCIETY MAILING LIST GUIDELINES
Peter Evans
The society has set up a mailing list for the
benefit of its members. Currently it is running on a trial basis.
Members can use the list to ask questions of
the group membership. For example, a member interested in the WW1 period could
send a message with the subject "Soldiers of WW1". Replies to that subject are
sent to every member on the list.
Branch secretaries can use the list to
announce future branch activities. For example, a branch secretary can send a
message with the subject "Vic Branch - Upcoming Activities". Any late changes to
a meeting can also be announced through the list.
Please email
info@genp.com.au if you wish to
join the list with the subject "MHSA mailing list" and in the body of the email
your name and branch. To join this list you must be a member of the MHSA. By
joining the list you must first agree to the following rules:
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Replying to messages.
As this is a group we
want the group to benefit from your replies. How you reply is
dependant on your mail program. Generally speaking you need
to send a message to All. If you do not
then the message will only go to the person who sent the message and not the
list! How do you know? Before sending the message check the To field.
If you do not reply to the list then the list will be a set of questions with
no answers.
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Stay focused on the
current topic.
If the topic needs to change then commence another message thread.
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Do not make requests for
assistance from other users via email.
Do not contact users
via email unless specifically requested to do so. The preferred method
is via this message list. Thus other people benefit from
the answer to your question as well.
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Do not post copyrighted
material.
Do not post copyright material without the permission of the author.
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Be respectful to others.
Do not make personal attacks on other users.
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Do
not post anything that is libelous, abusive or hateful.
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Post in plain text.
It is better to post in plain text and not in HTML mode.
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Automatic responders.
You will be
unsubscribed if you have an autoresponder that automatically returns mail to
this list.
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Email harvesting.
You are not permitted to collect or harvest email addresses from this list.
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Edit out irrelevant text.
If a message is
long then it is preferable to edit out unnecessary text. Most users find it
irritating to see a one
line reply to 100 lines from the previous post! Please edit down the
100 lines to something more relevant.
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As this list is about historical topics it is not relevant to
post material about current operations, equipments and procedures.
Page last updated on: 23/02/08
