Portability

[Ian Cousins]

Thanks Derek,

All noted.

Regards

Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us] 
Sent: 22 February 2013 17:32
To: Ian Cousins
Cc: Derek Atkins; GnuCash Users List
Subject: Re: Portability


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


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_mailing_list#Discussion_list