[Radiance-general] How to use the mailing list

[Greg Ward]

Hi Victor,

Thanks for your questions.  Some of this has been discussed before, such as policy regarding attachments.  While it's OK to include a small JPEG or graph in the body of e-mails, large files (i.e., HDR pictures, etc.) should be linked to a URL that has some reasonable longevity.  Generally, I like to keep e-mail sizes to under 250K, as people are often careless in replying, and attachments may tag along.

Regarding reply subjects, you should *never* reply to a digest e-mail, for those who are getting those.  Reply to the original e-mail instead, or change the subject to correspond to it at least, and don't include the whole digest with your reply(!)  I actually don't know what happens if you include multiple topics in your subject line -- I'm not sure how smart Mailman (our list software) is about that.  You could try it.

Cheers,
-Greg

> From: Victor LRG <rioboo at gmail.com>
> Date: October 30, 2016 2:58:26 AM PDT
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> When opening the archives there is the following message under Using Radiance-general: "To post a message to all the list members, send email to radiance-general at radiance-online.org". I wonder if more information could be included:
> 
> - How to replay: I've noticed that sometimes a topic creates a tree of replies, but sometimes the topic is branched out.  Should I include Re: at the beginning? What if I replay to another reply? Should it be Re: Re:? Should I copy paste the entire message or just my reply? Should the name in parentheses be changed when replying?
> 
> - Attachments: Can/should attachements be included? If so, how should it be done? An image should be attached or included in the body of the text?
> 
> Sorry if the topic has been answered before. I remember seeing something somewhere, but I cannot find it anymore.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Victor
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