1.3 Guidelines for posting to the mailing list

Life for mailing list subscribers will be easier if everybody complies with the following guidelines:

• Before posting, please: browse or search the archives – links are available in the ``Contacts'' section of the web site. Most questions are asked over and over again. Also: make an attempt to search the available documentation, notably the FAQs and the User Guide(s). The answer to most questions is already there.
• Reply to both the mailing list and the author or the post, using ``Reply to all''.
• Sign your post with your name and affiliation.
• Choose a meaningful subject. Do not start a new thread by making a "reply" to an existing message: it will confuse the ordering of messages into threads that most mailers can do. In particular, do not use "Reply" to a Digest!!!
• Be short: no need to send 128 copies of the same error message just because this is what came out of your 128-processor run. No need to send the entire compilation log for a single error appearing at the end.
• Do not post large attachments: post a link to a place where the attachment(s) can be downloaded from, such as e.g. DropBox, GoogleDocs, or one of the various web temporary storage spaces.
• Avoid excessive or irrelevant quoting of previous messages. Your message must be immediately visible and easily readable, not hidden into a sea of quoted text.
• Remember that even experts cannot guess where a problem lies in the absence of sufficient information. One piece of information that must always be provided is the version number of QUANTUM ESPRESSO.
• Remember that the mailing list is a voluntary endeavor: nobody is entitled to an answer, even less to an immediate answer.
• Finally, please note that the mailing list is not a replacement for your own work, nor is it a replacement for your thesis director's work.