Here are just some tips I came up with; you don't have to follow them, but it would really help if you glanced through this a bit.
It's not too often that I encounter people who have a wrong return address specified, but when they do, I don't like having to sift through the messages from a guy named Mail Delivery Subsystem. :)
Basically make sure that your return address is correct, and if you're not sure where it's configured properly, state the e-mail address you want the reply to go to somewhere at the bottom of the message or whatever.
I get this sort of problem a lot, and if possible, please use a return address whose server is up a reasonable amount of time. Also, if you don't want a reply, just say so.
If you have some Linux joke, anti-Microsoft joke, or whatever other kind of forward you think should be worth reading, please send them to my other e-mail address, joshuago@hotmail.com, which is set aside for the sole purpose of forwards that friends and relatives send.
If you send the forward to my main e-mail address, jtg@computers.iwz.com, I might get really worked up and reply in anger, but usually I'll just read the message and kindly remind whoever sent the forward to send it to my other address.
If convenient for you, I prefer not to get HTML e-mail. Although I have Netscape Messenger to read e-mail, I use pine because it's faster.
I usually hang out on #LinuxHelp on the Undernet IRC network, so if you need to ask a question or just talk, check if I'm there as JoshTech. Of course, if you need to ask, ask the others in the channel.
On weekends, I may be on for the whole day. Usually I'm on during weekdays from between 7:00 pm Pacific time to 10:00 pm Pacific time.
The most commonly encountered problem I can remember that really gets to me is when people write in one large paragraph instead of many smaller ones. I prefer you do the latter. I did that once and the person I was writing to complained about it. I didn't know why.
Although you may be able to follow when you write the e-mail, the other person, the one on the receiving end, might not be able to. I also want people to write in separate paragraphs so that when I reply, I can reply to one paragraph at a time instead of replying to the entire huge paragraph. It could become hard to follow when I write back in one large paragraph as well, not that I would be able to remember to reply to every single question you asked about or whatnot....
If you've already sent something, don't sweat it. I can sort it out and reformat your message when I reply, but it usually takes some extra time.
If, for some reason, you can't send e-mail to me by normal means, try using the mail form on jgo.local.net, the guestbook, or the help form.
When you write a message to me, it's up to you whether you reply or not; I just appreciate it when people reply to what I sent. Yes, that can get tiring, but personally I like it when I see that I'm getting more than 4 messages. :)
If you think that there's some information missing in one of the pages and would like to send me a description of what you did, or would like to suggest some stuff, go ahead and do so! However, there are some things that I would like to bring out.
First of all, it would be nice if you could mention whether you want your name and e-mail address on the page and linked to, or if you want to remain anonymous. Mention the e-mail address you want it to link to; if it isn't specified then I'll just use the one that it is set to reply to. Yeah, you might sound a little snobby, but it saves me the trouble, really.
Second, if your suggestion paragraph is different from the message, separate it, and edit the paragraph to the best of your ability. I wouldn't feel right editing your work. Of course, if you would like me to make the corrections, say so; otherwise I'll just copy and paste. :)
That's about all that I can think of, for now...
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