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href="http://www.mail-archive.com/castor-dev%40exolab.org"> http://www.mail-archive.com/castor-dev%40exolab.org</a> It appears there is a delay of one (1) or two (2) days for messages to be archived at that site. You can also use the "unsearchable" archive listed below to look at the very latest messages to the list. </span></p> <a name="castor-dev"><h3>castor-dev</h3></a> <p><span class="bodyGrey"><b>castor-dev</b></span></p> <p><span class="bodyGrey">Moderate volume (possibly more than 15 messages a day) mailing list dedicated to the developers of Castor.</span></p> <p><span class="bodyGrey"><div> [<a href="mailto:minimalist@exolab.org?subject=subscribe castor-dev">Subscribe</a> |<a href="mailto:minimalist@exolab.org?subject=unsubscribe castor-dev">Unsubscribe</a> |<a href="mailto:castor-dev@exolab.org">Post Message</a>]</div> <p><span class="bodyGrey"> <b>Note:</b> please familiarize yourself with the <a href="#Guidelines">guidelines</a> before posting to the list. </span></p> <b>Archives:</b> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tr><td colspan="2" height="5"></td></tr><span class="bodyGrey"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="10">-</td><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="bodyGrey"><a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=castor-dev"><url>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=castor-dev</url></a></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="10">-</td><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="bodyGrey"><a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/castor-dev%40exolab.org"><url>http://www.mail-archive.com/castor-dev%40exolab.org</url></a></span></td></tr> </span></table> </span></p> <a name="castor-announce"><h3>castor-announce</h3></a> <p><span class="bodyGrey"><b>castor-announce</b></span></p> <p><span class="bodyGrey">Low volume (possibly more than 1 message per week) mailing list for special announcements about Castor, such as new releases. </span></p> <p><span class="bodyGrey"><div> [<a href="mailto:minimalist@exolab.org?subject=subscribe castor-announce">Subscribe</a> |<a href="mailto:minimalist@exolab.org?subject=unsubscribe castor-announce">Unsubscribe</a> |<a href="mailto:castor-announce@exolab.org">Post Message</a>]</div></span></p> <a name="Guidelines"><h2>Guidelines</h2></a> <p><span class="bodyGrey"> The following are some general "common-sense" guidelines for using the mailing lists:</span></p> <p><span class="bodyGrey"><span class="bodyGrey"><pre> Most people are already following these guidelines. To those people, I thank you. For those of you who are not...please read carefully. 1. Please refrain from using words and phrases like URGENT, IMPORTANT, MY WIFE WILL LEAVE ME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND, etc, in the subject line of your postings. Or even in the body of the message for that matter. You may think that things which are URGENT, or IMPORTANT to you, are just as urgent and important to everyone else reading this list. You'd be surprised at just how wrong an assumption like that can be. As a matter of fact, I personally tend to read all such postings last and give them a low priority. 2. Please use meaningful subject lines. "Newbie Question", is not meaningful what-so-ever. 3. Please provide necessary information, where applicable. Statements like, "I recieve a NullPointerException when using Castor, what's up with that?", are not very helpful, add unnecessary traffic on the list, and will probably never get an answer. 4. As a follow on to #3, when submitting examples, please try to submit the smallest possible example which demonstrates the problem. Short examples are easier to follow and will get quicker responses from developers or other users than long examples with lots of extraneous code/data. 4. Please read the documentation before posting. One of the biggest problems is that there is not a lot of documentation to Castor. At the same time, because it doesn't take long, everyone should read what is written before posting. 5. Please check the mail archives before posting. Many questions on this list have already been answered before. I am aware that the current mail archive is not very good on a number of issues (searching, reliability, etc). We are working on these issues and hope to have a new archive system in place shortly. 6. Please refrain from posting confidential information. Once an e-mail is sent to the list, it goes out to all subscribers, including archive engines. We cannot remove or delete messages sent to the list. Once sent they are available for the public to see. If you are unsure about what is confidential or not, check with your manager, supervisor, or the person in charge at your company. 7. Please be kind and respectful to your fellow castor users. Remember, except for me, you were all newbies at one point. 8. If you are going on vacation. Please enjoy yourself. We really want you to have fun and get some much needed rest and relaxation. With that we being said and to be perfectly honest none of us really want to receive your automated vacation responses. So please either add a filter to your vacation response so it doesn't get sent to the list or users posting to the list, or simply remove yourself from the list before you go, and add yourself back when you return. </pre></span></span></p> </td></tr><tr height="5"><td width="10" height="5" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="115" height="5" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="top"><img src="images/dotTrans.gif" width="1" height="15" border="0"><br><img src="images/line_sm.gif" width="105" height="3" border="0" align="right"></td><td width="7" height="5" bgcolor="#a9a5de" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="70" height="5" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="120" height="5" valign="top" align="left"> </td></tr><tr><td width="10" height="5" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="115" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="top" align="left"></td><td width="7" bgcolor="#a9a5de" valign="top" align="left"><img src="images/dotTrans.gif" width="1" height="25" border="0"></td><td width="70" valign="top" align="left"><img src="images/dotTrans.gif" width="1" height="25" border="0"></td><td width="120" valign="top" align="left"> </td></tr><tr height="5"><td width="10" rowspan="2" height="100%" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="bottom" align="left"><img src="images/stripes1.gif" width="10" height="125" border="0"></td><td width="115" rowspan="2" height="100%" bgcolor="#7270c2" valign="bottom" align="left"><img src="images/stripe105.gif" width="105" height="125" border="0"></td><td width="7" rowspan="2" height="100%" bgcolor="#a9a5de" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="70" height="100%" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="120" height="100%" valign="top" align="left"> </td></tr><tr height="5"><td width="70" height="25" valign="top" align="left"> </td><td width="400" height="25" valign="bottom" align="left"><br><br><img src="images/line_light.gif" border="0" width="400" height="3"><br><p></p><span class="bodyGrey"><small><notice> Copyright ) 1999-2003 <a href="http://www.exolab.org">ExoLab Group</a>. 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