IEC60870-5 Maillist Guidelines

Please note some changes in our Maillist. Triangle MicroWorks is upgrading our service. This change allow us the same functionality that we have had before and some new features. We will have a completely searchable archive with viewing by date or by thread. With this search, you only look at the messages that you are interest in. Watch for it in the near future. You can find more information and links to both the new and old archives on the Maillist Archive Page.

1. PLEASE POST MESSAGES! Only a small percentage of subscribers to any mailing list participate. Unless subscribers actively participate the maillist will become silent and pointless.

If you post a request for information, please try to give something back to the mailing list by summarizing all the replies and posting the summary back to the list.

2. Please post thoughtfully. A considered post or response will generate considered replies, and valuable discussion could follow.

3. Try to keep arguments on a technical or business level, not on a personal level.

4. Please sign your message.

5. You are encouraged to actively promote the existence of the maillist e.g. on USENET, amongst your colleagues, etc.

6. Remember iec60870-5@TriangleMicroWorks.com is the entire list. When you receive mail from the list, you will find that you can reply to the mail in your email program by using the "reply" feature of your email program.

The IEC 60870-5 mailing list is set up so that replies go back to the list (i.e. to iec60870-5@TriangleMicroWorks.com ) automatically. This is done to promote discussion on the list, rather than to have a posting generate a lot of private correspondence off the list. In this way everyone benefits from the discussion, and different points of view can be represented.

Sometimes this may not be what you intend. For example if someone posts a job opportunity on the list, and you responded with your CV, you may not want the entire list (including your employer) to be aware that you are looking for alternative employment. In these cases you must be careful to ensure that your email is sent to the address of the person who originally posted the message, rather than to iec60870-5@TriangleMicroWorks.com.

Experienced Internet users will understand these concepts, but if anyone has any problem understanding, please feel free to contact me directly at jcoats@TriangleMicroWorks.com.

7. When you post a request for information, you will do better if you provide some background about your request. For example: