Portability

[Arne Hanssen]

Den 22. feb. 2013 18:31, skrev John Ralls:
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Ian Cousins"
> <ian.cousins at albionfm.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Derek & John,
>>
>> Let me first ask you to please forgive my ignorance; I have never
>> been involved in any of these forums or chats before. I do not
>> really know what is meant by a thread.
>>
>> Would be useful if either of you could explain the etiquette.
>>
>> However, please let me thank you ever so much for your help  I can
>> now confidently start constructing the Chart of Accounts.
>>
>>
> Gnucash-users is neither a chat nor a forum: It's a mailing list
> [1].
>
> The etiquette is pretty simple: * Always CC the list in your replies;
> on most mailers that means using "Reply All", though some also
> provide a "Reply List" function.
>
> * When you have a new topic, don't use "Reply", make a new email and
> address it to the list.
>
> * Say what you want to say clearly and concisely.
>
> * Keep your comments germane to the overall subject of the mailing
> list. For Gnucash-Users, that means it should have something to do
> with using Gnucash.
>
> * Be polite. Avoid posting anything you'll regret later. Once you
> write something in public on the net, it's public *forever*.
>
> * Don't waste space or bandwidth with cute signatures or absurd
> disclaimers about the intended recipient.
>
> Regards, John Ralls

To Johns excellent answer one could add:
Avoid top-posting, why (and more) is explained f.ex. here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/etiquette.html

PS. If you did not get any explaination of 'thread', I would say it is 
as simple as: A new email is sent to the the list and this is the start 
of a 'thread'. Any answer to this email belongs to this 'thread' (line 
of discussion), and therefore the thread should consentrate on its 
subject. It is unpolite (and messy) to introduce new topic into an 
ongoing thread, start a new thread in such cases (as mentioned by John).

-- 
Vennlig hilsen / Best regards
Arne Hanssen, Senja, Norway