What should I keep in mind when posting to sunmanagers?
o VERY IMPORTANT! Before you post, read the sunmanager's list policy,which is available at http://www.sunmanagers.org
o Sun Managers is a huge unmoderated mailing list. Every message you send
will be passed on to every member of the list. This means you have access
to a much larger audience when you need help, but it also means you can
embarrass yourself in front of a huge number of people, most of them
professionals in your field, including colleagues, peers, and possible
future employers.
o Sun Managers is completely voluntary. Nobody is required to help you.
We are all cooperating by sharing our knowledge. Accept with grace
whatever responses you get, and don't hound people if they are helpful or
they won't be the next time.
o Sun Managers is not the list to use when you run out of other places to
post. Job postings, PC questions, X questions all have their own lists
and newsgroups. Use only the appropriate list or newsgroup for such
things, not Sun Managers. Inappropriate postings will only make people
annoyed at you.
o The more information you give about a problem, the easier it is for
others to help you. This doesn't mean you should uuencode the kernel and
post it, but you should include your OS version, your hardware, and all
relevant symptoms of your problem. Unless the request is of a general
nature, the output of "uname -a" is almost certainly helpful.
o When making a summary, please summarize as much as possible all the
answers you received, even the ones you didn't decide to follow: if
you receive several different suggestions, and decided on one,
remember that somebody else reading the summary may not find the
suggestion you followed to be the best one in his or her situation,
and may benefit from one of the suggestions you didn't choose.
o Be generous. If you have the information requested (especially if it is
obscure) then please respond. You may be the person requesting help
next time.
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