FNF Thames Valley have some mail lists that we use to confirm meeting dates and chat about other issues important to members.
These lists are private to members of the local group.
Easy access to the group mail lists:
The help list is where messages from the enquiry form go to, it is not for general use.
The senate list is for those on the group committee.
Our privacy policy, all those subscribed MUST read this.
How to write mail to the chat list
A few simple rules, these all boil down to
you taking a little effort to make it easier for
those who read your mail to understand what you are talking about. Many people read each email, so
if they can save a few seconds each it is well worth you spending an extra minute when you write your mail.
- Start a new thread for new postings.
If you want to write about a new topic do NOT reply
to another mail; if you do 'highjack' another tread then other people get the two topics confused.
Start new threads by writing to chat@bray.phcomp.co.uk.
- Keep what you write to the list as plain text.
Do not attach things like MS Word documents, these are more difficult for others to handle than plain email text.
The mail list limits the size of mails to 100KB so large attachments will be rejected, there are very few
occasions when the list administrators will accept such things.
If you want to get a large file in front of everyone send it to bray@files.phcomp.co.uk,
the file will be put up on the web and the URL (web ftp link) will be mailed back to you, you include this URL in the mail that
you send to the list.
The file will automatically removed after one month.
There is a reminder of this at the foot of every mail from the list.
If you want to know how this works learn about MailToUrl.
- Put a meaningful Subject.
Some people receive hundreds of emails a day, a good Subject helps them to sort through their email.
- When replying to an email:
- Stay on topic — don't start talking about something else.
- Remove redundant content.
You are replying to one or two points, remove everything other than what is needed by someone to understand
what you are replying to.
In particular: remove old mail footers (signatures, etc).
You also don't fill other people's mail boxes with useless junk.
- Reply with quoting and put your points beneath the points that you reply to.
Many people reply answering several points all at the top. This means that
those reading your reply need to think hard to unpick what you are replying to.
