Great questions. > 1. When I reply to a message on this list, should I be replying to both the > user and the mailing list, or just the list? I realize when I only want to > reply to the user, but I'm talking about when I want my reply posted back to > the list. Some people prefer not to be CC'd. I'm personally ambivalent, but as a general rule only send to the list. > 2. I recently sent in a couple of very large messages; they were large > because they were attempts to "deduce" the geography of Dragaera by using a > lot of text quotes from the novels, and explaining my subsequent deductions > as clearly as possible without, hopefully, being pedantic. Should I limit > my posts to a certain size (ie, break up long posts into shorter ones)? > This is an important question, as I am preparing to post more such > "geographical deductions"... Your email should be the size required to get your point across. If that is big, so be it. Don't impose artifical boundaries. > 3. What is the proper way to refer to the author we're here for? I've been > using "Mr. Brust", but I've seen "Steve" used quite a few times. I don't > know the man, so I'm not entirely comfortable assuming it's okay to refer to > him by his first-name (in the third-person, even). Has he previously > expressed a preference? He has expressed a preference not to be called Mr. Brust, but either Steve or Steven. I have chosen to go with Steven, because it is what you see people who know him and consider him a friend use (in particular, the *D-Bs). -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan