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 <p>Most James mailing lists are open and also archived and available online.
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 You can post only if you are subscribed.</p>
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 etc. Do not send mail to this list with usage questions or configuration problems&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;that&#8217;s what server-user@james is for.</p>
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 <p>This is the list for general discussions related to the running of the project, it is the public list of the
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 software problems&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;that&#8217;s what server-user@james is for.</p>
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 <h3 id="_notifications_mailing_list"><a class="anchor" href="#_notifications_mailing_list"></a>Notifications mailing list</h3>
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 <p>Subscribers to this list get notices of each and every code change, build results, testing notices, etc. This list is
 not for asking help, raising issues or starting discussions on the james product&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;other mailing lists are specifically
 dedicated to that already.</p>
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 <p>First, find out the particular email address to which ezmlm is sending. The email headers are visible in Microsoft Outlook
 via the messages menu "View | Options".</p>
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 <pre>Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0
 ...
 List-Unsubscribe: &lt;mailto:server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org&gt;
 List-Help: &lt;mailto:server-user-help@james.apache.org&gt;
 List-Post: &lt;mailto:server-user@james.apache.org&gt;
 List-Id: "James Server Users List" &lt;server-user.james.apache.org&gt;
 Reply-To: "James Server Users List" &lt;server-user@james.apache.org&gt;
 Delivered-To: mailing list server-user@james.apache.org
 ...
 Return-Path: server-user-return-12345-john=host.domain@james.apache.org
 ...</pre>
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 Mailing lists provide a simple and effective communication mechanism for discussion and decision making.</p>
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 <p>With potentially thousands of subscribers, there is a common etiquette that you should observe. Please keep on reading.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Respect the mailing list type</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p>"User" lists are lists where you can send questions and comments about configuration, setup, usage and other "user"
 types of questions.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>"Developer" lists are lists where you can send questions, comments and contributions about the project&#8217;s software
 source code and general "development" types of questions.</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Some questions are appropriate for posting on both the "user" and the "developer" lists. In this case, pick one and
 only one. Do not cross post.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Asking a configuration question on the developers list is frowned upon because developers' time is as precious as yours.
 By contacting them directly instead of the users list you are abusing resources. It is unlikely that you will get a
 quicker answer this way, those developers who have time to devote to providing support are also subscribed to the users
 list. If you contact individuals directly, or post your user issues to the developer list you may get no answer at all.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Join the lists that are appropriate for your discussion</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Please make sure that you are joining the list that is appropriated for the topic that you would like to discuss.
 The general list is for discussions about the management and direction of the James project, not for "general support".</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Ask smart questions</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the people involved in it. You are welcome to join any of our mailing
 lists. You can choose to lurk, or actively participate; it&#8217;s up to you. The level of community responsiveness to
 specific questions is generally directly proportional to the amount of effort you spend formulating your question.
 Eric Raymond and Rick Moen have even written an essay entitled "Asking Smart Questions" precisely on this topic.
 Although somewhat militant, it is definitely worth reading.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Note</strong>: Please do NOT send your Java problems to the two authors. They welcome feedback on the FAQ&#8217;s contents, but are
 simply not a Java help resource. Follow the essay&#8217;s advice and choose your forum carefully.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Keep your email short and to the point</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>If your email is more than about a page of text, chances are that it won&#8217;t get read by very many people. It is much
 better to try to pack a lot of informative information (see above about asking smart questions) into as small of an
 email as possible. If you are replying to a previous email only quote the parts that you are replying to and to remove
 the unnecessary bits. This makes it easier for people to follow a thread as well as making the email archives easier
 to search and read.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Do your best to ensure that you are not sending HTML or "Stylelized" email to the list</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora, chances are that you are sending HTML email by default. There is
 usually a setting that will allow you to send "Plain Text" email. If you are using Microsoft products to send email,
 there are several bugs in the software that prevent you from turning off the sending of HTML email.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Watch where you are sending email</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The majority of our mailing lists have set the Reply-To to go back to the list. That means that when you Reply to a
 message, it will go to the list and not to the original author directly. The reason is because it helps facilitate
 discussion on the list for everyone to benefit from. Be careful of this as sometimes you may intend to reply to a
 message directly to someone instead of the entire list. The appropriate contents of the Reply-To header is an age-old
 debate that should not be brought up on the mailing lists. You can examine opposing points of view condemning our
 convention and condoning it. Bringing this up for debate on a mailing list will add nothing new and is considered off-topic.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><strong>Do not cross post messages</strong></p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>In other words, pick one mailing list and send your messages to that mailing list only. Do not send your messages to
 multiple mailing lists. The reason is that people may be subscribed to one list and not to the other. Therefore, some
 people will only see part of the conversation.</p>
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