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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:

List	Archives	Change your subscription options	Administrator's pages
Chat	Click Here	Click Here	Click Here
help	Click Here	Click Here	Click Here
senate	Click Here	Click Here	Click Here

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, there is a reminder of this at the foot of every mail from the list.

• 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.