Posting Information
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Contents
Mailing List Index
Questions on subscribing to the mailing list, sending posts, unsubscribing, and changing your e-mail address.
Posts and Coposts
Posting Etiquette Headers and Footers
Special Storylines - Sensitive Topics
Some stories which are emotionally or mentally sensitive will require the permission of the Council and will have special posting requirements. Email Council if you are considering one of these storylines.
Grammar Guide
Just some basics to consider!
Retro Problems
AOL 6.0 for Windows Ban
- Since AOL's 6.0 version refused to offer members an option to turn off HTML email in the software, it is officially banned from use on ANY Triad Weyrs list, or for coposting with Triad Weyrs members. Anyone who persists in using AOL 6.0 or newer for Triad Weyrs will find his/her membership suspended.
- HTML email messes up regular email programs, making coposters have to reformat, if they can reply properly at all. There is no need for colored fonts and huge lettering or any other HTML format in email outside of AOL itself. It also makes emails larger and bulkier, which is utterly unfair to members with small mailbox sizes.
- More importantly, it strips our legalese off the list, and that will not be tolerated.
- If you have a ranking persona in Triad Weyrs, you'll be given an option of switching to a triadweyrs.org address.
- Another alternative is to use AOL's webmail at AOL.com, which is the only way according to the AOL technician I spoke with to send non-HTML email. You can also get a free email address from Yahoo or Hotmail, both fairly reliable.
- Please regard this as a courtesy to non AOL members, and plan your email usage accordingly. We tried to simply ask members to adjust their AOL usage voluntarily, but it was not successful and some members persisted in posting with HTML email.
Rich & Plain Text Emails
Members are welcome to send posts to the list in either rich text or plain text, whatever works best for them. For the sake of the timeliners and general readability on the email lists, please stick to the following guidelines:
- Posts cannot have any formatting such as color, bold, italics, underscores, strikethroughs, etc
- Text should be sent to the list in 11 size font (or size 'normal' in gmail's composer) in the sans-serif fonts calibri or arial (these are pretty generic and default for most email composers and google docs)
- Some punctuation marks, such as em dashes, don't translate onto the site. Using two hyphens -- in place of an em dash will keep this from happening
Google Docs Helpful Tool
To remove all formatting when copy/pasting over from google docs (or other emails) copy the text as you normally would and then "ctrl + shift + v" or "right click + paste without formatting" ("cmd + opt + shift + v" on macOS) into your email composer.
RP via IM Clients
- Any play-by-email club formed after the gaming rights were sold to Grolier UK (later than 1996) cannot have ANY form of "live" role play. This includes writing stories via AIM, AOL, ICQ, or any other live chat program you might have. All role play MUST be done via email only, and this is a very firm rule from Anne McCaffrey herself.
- If you are a member of a club doing this that was not founded 1996 or prior, they are operating illegally and risk being shut down should the lawyers for the gaming company or Ms. McCaffrey find out.
- Any Triad Weyrs member caught doing this will be expelled, no questions asked.
