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Posted to site-cvs@jakarta.apache.org by jo...@apache.org on 2001/02/04 23:10:20 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-site2/xdocs/site mail.xml
jon 01/02/04 14:10:20
Modified: docs/site mail.html
xdocs/site mail.xml
Log:
tell people to not abuse resources.
-jon
Revision Changes Path
1.19 +12 -3 jakarta-site2/docs/site/mail.html
Index: mail.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/docs/site/mail.html,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19
--- mail.html 2001/01/29 18:30:13 1.18
+++ mail.html 2001/02/04 22:10:18 1.19
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
follow the information below...</strong>
</p>
<p>
-We ask that you do your best to respect the charter of the appropriate mailing list.
-There are generally two types of lists that you can join.
+We ask that you do your best to respect the charter of the appropriate
+mailing list. There are generally two types of lists that you can join.
</p>
<p>
<ul>
@@ -145,12 +145,21 @@
</ul>
</p>
<p>
-<strong>Summary: Join the lists that are appropriate for your discussion.</strong>
+<strong>Summary: Join the lists that are appropriate for your discussion.
+</strong>
Please make sure that you are joining the list that is appropriate for the
topic or product that you would like to discuss. For example,
please do not join the Regexp mailing list and ask questions about Tomcat.
Instead, you should join the Tomcat User list and ask your questions
there.
+</p>
+ <p>
+<strong>Summary: Do not abuse resources in order to get help.</strong>
+Asking your configuration or user type of question on the developers list
+because you think that you will get help more quickly by going directly to
+the developers instead of to the user base is not very nice. Chances are
+that doing this will actually prevent people from answering your question
+because it is clear that you are trying to abuse resources.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Summary: Do your best to ensure that you are not sending HTML or
1.12 +13 -3 jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/mail.xml
Index: mail.xml
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retrieving revision 1.11
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diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- mail.xml 2001/01/29 18:30:26 1.11
+++ mail.xml 2001/02/04 22:10:19 1.12
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
</p>
<p>
-We ask that you do your best to respect the charter of the appropriate mailing list.
-There are generally two types of lists that you can join.
+We ask that you do your best to respect the charter of the appropriate
+mailing list. There are generally two types of lists that you can join.
</p>
<p>
@@ -42,12 +42,22 @@
</p>
<p>
-<strong>Summary: Join the lists that are appropriate for your discussion.</strong>
+<strong>Summary: Join the lists that are appropriate for your discussion.
+</strong>
Please make sure that you are joining the list that is appropriate for the
topic or product that you would like to discuss. For example,
please do not join the Regexp mailing list and ask questions about Tomcat.
Instead, you should join the Tomcat User list and ask your questions
there.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Summary: Do not abuse resources in order to get help.</strong>
+Asking your configuration or user type of question on the developers list
+because you think that you will get help more quickly by going directly to
+the developers instead of to the user base is not very nice. Chances are
+that doing this will actually prevent people from answering your question
+because it is clear that you are trying to abuse resources.
</p>
<p>