Date:	Tue, 17 May 1994 08:22:37 -1000
From:	sasaki@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki)
Message-Id: <CpyLpq.H1u@das.harvard.edu>
Organization: Harvard University OIT/NSD
Subject: Administrivia


More and more people are getting involved with kites and computers.
I've seen a large increase in the number of people on the mailing
list. Here are a few tips for newcomers:

	1. Use hard carriage returns in your postings. What does this
	   mean? Many PC and MAC programs do automatic line wrapping
	   (when you get to the end of a line, the program puts the
	   next word at the beginning of the next line). When the mail
	   message is sent out, the line is transmitted as one long
	   line rather than many shorter lines.

	   Usually this is okay, but some mail readers and some mail
	   delivery programs don't deal with long lines very well. The
	   result is either a truncated message, or non-delivery of a
	   mail message.

	2. Don't send individual mail back to the news system or to
	   the mailing list. Make sure that you are sending stuff do
	   the actual sender of the message.

	3. Avoid sending long messages. A good limit is probably
	   around 5000 characters. Longer messages can cost money to
	   rec.kite readers.

	   What you should do is to announce the availability of
	   something if it is really long. You can then mail things
	   out to people who request a copy of your item, or you can
	   place the item on one of the archive sites.

	4. Remember that you can't see facial expressions or hear
	   intonation differences on the net. Make sure you don't give
	   offense and be careful not to take offense over things
	   written in the net.

	5. Requests for changes for folks on the mailing list should
	   be sent to:

		kites-request@das.harvard.edu

	6. Messages intended for rec.kites can be sent to:

		kites@das.harvard.edu

-- 
Marty Sasaki            Harvard University           Sasaki Kite Fabrications
sasaki@noc.harvard.edu  Network Services Division    26 Green Street
617-496-4320            10 Ware Street               Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
                        Cambridge, MA 02138-4002     phone/fax: 617-522-8546


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