[Asterisk-Users] Skype - Bandwidth

[Francesco Peeters]

On Mon, March 14, 2005 22:11, Paulo Sequeira said:
> César Davi Ávila do Nascimento wrote:
>> Talk about skype is forbidden, but to be impolite is allowed...
>> Great list!
>>
>> Regards
>>
> César, I'm sorry your experience here has been very bad, but I'd like to
> make some clarifications in order to avoid you further frustrations with
> this or even some other lists you may want to be in.
>
> The harsh answers you've got are the result of violating several
> politeness rules that usually apply to mailing lists (not only this
> one), and it will be very good for you to learn them, (or a last be
> aware that they may exist).
>
<SNIP>
> So, if you feel people have been impolite with you is because you've
> been (inadvertently) very impolite to the list in the first place. I
> don't have at hand any links to give about places you could learn more
> of theese and other etiquette rules, but you should care about it.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>

A few other things to keep in mind when posting to maillists:

1) <SNIP> is you friend! SNIP away anything not related! (especially sigs
and CERTAINLY when replying to DIGESTS!!!)

2)
A: Because you lose the logic sequence of the thread
Q: Why is top-posting bad?

Seriously: Don't top-post... Post in between or at the bottom, after
you've snipped anything unrelated... The fact that your mailclient puts
your cursor at the top of the quoted text does not mean you *have* to type
there... Cursor keys and mice were invented for just that!  ;-)

3) When asking questions like these, tell people what you know already and
what you have tried... Let them see you tried doing your homework yourself
before asking your big brother!

4) Get a thick skin! English is not everybody's native language, and this
can make replies seem harsher than they were meant.
If you *did* have it coming, you'll be better prepared anyway!  <G>

5) Get a flame-retardant suit! Flames are a matter of fact on maillists,
even the most polite ones have'em!

But most of all: Read the posts, get the info you need, but also take in
the extra info that helps you understand the context of the post!!!

Have fun!

-- 
Francesco
  * n00b, but maillist veteran!  ;-)