Black Belt Web Marketing.pdf - Costa del Sol

To post your message in a mailing list, you must subscribe to it first. Do this at least a week
in advance. That gives you time to follow the discussion threads and get a better feel for
what is an acceptable posting. You can truthfully include in your message that you have
been "lurking" (reading the discussions but not contributing) and are now ready to
"de-lurk". While you are at it, compliment the moderator if there is one on doing a fine job
of moderating. It doesn’t hurt to butter up the moderator. It sits well with the person who
decides whether to send your message to all members and with the members themselves.
Many of the active mailing lists will have several email addresses. Make sure you sent your
message to the right one. Many mailing lists have addresses for:
One for posting to the list
One for sending comments to the moderator about the list
One for subscribing to the list in non-digest form
One for subscribing in the digest form
One for inquiries into sponsoring the list
Groups Guidelines for Posting to Discussion
Follow these guidelines for posting:
1. Subscribe at least a week before posting to mailing lists.
2. Monitor all groups to get a feel for the tone of the group and what the current threads
are. More information about newsgroups and where you can find FAQs for many of them
are at the Usenet Info Center Launch Pad.
3. Draft acceptable messages based on guidelines and ideas in Exercise 7-3. Don’t post
worthless messages, such as a "me too" or "I agree".
4. Pick a meaning subject line that describes the message’s contents.
5. Customize the message for the intended group.
6. Don’t spam the net by posting numerous messages to irrelevant groups.
7. Proofread messages to make sure they are correct and read right.
Lesson 7 Pg. 16