List headers (was: Re: [TAG] OpenGL hangs my system)

[dsrich@ieee.org]

Gentlemen:

>From <http://linuxgazette.net/tag/members-
faq.html> which I just read today at Ben's request as a TAG 
newbie:

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Always check the To: and Cc: addresses when you reply. 
Always reply to both the querent and tag at linuxgazette.net. 
It's easy to accidentally drop off one or the other. Dropping 
off the querent means they'll have to wait up to a month for 
their answer, IF it gets published and IF they can find it 
among the three columns. Dropping off TAG means it won't 
be published ? the Editor Gal can't publish what she doesn't 
receive. It doesn't matter whether you put both addresses in 
To: or put one in Cc:, just make sure you include both 
somehow. A few common scenarios: 

The mailing list software prepends a blurb to TAG messages: 

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You've asked a question of The Answer Gang, so you've been 
sent the reply
directly as a courtesy.  The TAG list has also been copied. 
Please send 
all replies to <tag at linuxgazette.net> so that we can help our 
other 
readers by publishing the exchange in our monthly Web 
magazine: 
             Linux Gazette <http://linuxgazette.net>
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+-+ Original question from: "Que R. Ent" 
<querent at somewhere.com>
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Leave this blurb in your reply. The reader may ignore it, but at 
least there's a chance they'll read it and realize what The 
Answer Gang is and that they're going to be published. As 
well, should the querent's address be lost somewhere in the 
process, it's easy enough to copy and paste from the above.

If your mailer allows you to add custom headers you can help 
the script put the right name next to your answerbubbles. 
Add this to your outbound TAG mail:
X-gazette-tag: yournick

Replace "yournick" with your own preferred nickname; for 
instance, Jim Dennis is JimD.
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David Richardson
dsrich at ieee.org
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