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There are several good sites out there for general etiquette when subscribing to a mailing list, including an actual [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html RFC].
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There are several good sites out there for general etiquette when subscribing to a mailing list ...
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* RFC 1855. 
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* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Eric Raymond's "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"]
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* [http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html Brian Edmonds's Mailing List Etiquette FAQ]
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I'd like to address some items that are unique to midrange.com mailing lists..
 
I'd like to address some items that are unique to midrange.com mailing lists..

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There are several good sites out there for general etiquette when subscribing to a mailing list ...


I'd like to address some items that are unique to midrange.com mailing lists..

Coding samples

Large code fragments

If you find the need to include a largish code fragement (more than a few lines) in a post, consider posting the fragment to http://code.midrange.com and then just post the generated URL to the list.

Dates

- For coding samples involving dates I suggest using days greater than 12 and years greater than 31. Some people won't read your comments and let's let it be "self documenting". An example would be a

 MyDate=%date('01/31/98');

That one is obvious that you used mm/dd/yy and not dd/mm/yy or any other combination.