Kindly read and adhered to the following Golden Rules of the mailing group.
1. Please monitor the messages for a few days to get a feel for what common questions are asked, and what topics are deemed off-limits. This is commonly referred to as lurking. When you feel comfortable with the group, then you can start posting.
2. Typing mail messages all in upper case is considered SHOUTING! and rude.
3. When quoting someone else, remove what isn't directly applicable to your reply. Don't automatically quote the entire body of messages you arereplying to when it's not necessary. Leave only the minimum necessary to provide context for your reply.
4. Nobody likes reading a long message in quotes for the third or fourth time, only to be followed by a one line response: "Yeah, me too."
5. Be professional and careful what you say about others. Email is easily forwarded and often archived or stored, so whatever you say may come back to haunt you.
6. Never send chain letters through the Internet. A chain letter is simply sending the same e-mail someone sends to you to other people, just for the sake of sending the letter.
7. Be careful when using sarcasm and humor. Without face to facecommunications the other person may take your words as criticism. When being humorous, use emoticons to express humor. (tilt your head to the left to see the emoticon smile) :-) means happy face.
8. It is extremely rude to forward personal email to mailing listswithout the original author's permission.
9. Sending a subscription or unsubscription notice directly to the listinstead of to a listserv is annoying to others. Only messages meant to be read by the entire group should go to the list.
10. Send a personal mail message aimed at one person to that person. Not to a publicly distributed news group or list-serv. Otherwise, be prepared to get e-mail messages teasing you or expressing people's annoyance.
Follow any and all guidelines that the list owner has posted; the list ownerestablishes the local "netiquette" standards for her/his list.
11. When posting a question to a discussion group, request that responses be directed to you personally. Post a summary or answer to your question to the group.
12. Posting an advertisement in news groups, unless it is speciallychartered for that purpose like the forsale newsgroup. or sendingunsolicited advertisements with e-mail is consideredrude and in violation of the spirit of the Internet.
13. If you must cross-post messages to multiple news groups, include the name of the groups at the top of the mail message with an apology for any duplication.
14. The Internet is a limited resource that needs to be conserved. If you lose interest in a newsgroup or list-serv, unsubscribe from it so that the postings or messages do not clog up the network being sent to you. Do not send messages to a 2000 people, when you only want 5 to see it.
15. Be courteous and respect other people. If youare abusive, you run the risk of the Internet community using its own form to chastise you. The Internet community can use their individual orcollective "voices" to inform and sometimes even ostracize you with "flame" messages. If your boorish behavior persists, they can contact your Network Administrator to report your abuses. Acting responsibly and followinggeneral customs allows everyone to experience a global adventure of open communication, information, and resources which ultimately provides a unique and fun exploration of the electronic frontier called Cyberspace.
1. Please monitor the messages for a few days to get a feel for what common questions are asked, and what topics are deemed off-limits. This is commonly referred to as lurking. When you feel comfortable with the group, then you can start posting.
2. Typing mail messages all in upper case is considered SHOUTING! and rude.
3. When quoting someone else, remove what isn't directly applicable to your reply. Don't automatically quote the entire body of messages you arereplying to when it's not necessary. Leave only the minimum necessary to provide context for your reply.
4. Nobody likes reading a long message in quotes for the third or fourth time, only to be followed by a one line response: "Yeah, me too."
5. Be professional and careful what you say about others. Email is easily forwarded and often archived or stored, so whatever you say may come back to haunt you.
6. Never send chain letters through the Internet. A chain letter is simply sending the same e-mail someone sends to you to other people, just for the sake of sending the letter.
7. Be careful when using sarcasm and humor. Without face to facecommunications the other person may take your words as criticism. When being humorous, use emoticons to express humor. (tilt your head to the left to see the emoticon smile) :-) means happy face.
8. It is extremely rude to forward personal email to mailing listswithout the original author's permission.
9. Sending a subscription or unsubscription notice directly to the listinstead of to a listserv is annoying to others. Only messages meant to be read by the entire group should go to the list.
10. Send a personal mail message aimed at one person to that person. Not to a publicly distributed news group or list-serv. Otherwise, be prepared to get e-mail messages teasing you or expressing people's annoyance.
Follow any and all guidelines that the list owner has posted; the list ownerestablishes the local "netiquette" standards for her/his list.
11. When posting a question to a discussion group, request that responses be directed to you personally. Post a summary or answer to your question to the group.
12. Posting an advertisement in news groups, unless it is speciallychartered for that purpose like the forsale newsgroup. or sendingunsolicited advertisements with e-mail is consideredrude and in violation of the spirit of the Internet.
13. If you must cross-post messages to multiple news groups, include the name of the groups at the top of the mail message with an apology for any duplication.
14. The Internet is a limited resource that needs to be conserved. If you lose interest in a newsgroup or list-serv, unsubscribe from it so that the postings or messages do not clog up the network being sent to you. Do not send messages to a 2000 people, when you only want 5 to see it.
15. Be courteous and respect other people. If youare abusive, you run the risk of the Internet community using its own form to chastise you. The Internet community can use their individual orcollective "voices" to inform and sometimes even ostracize you with "flame" messages. If your boorish behavior persists, they can contact your Network Administrator to report your abuses. Acting responsibly and followinggeneral customs allows everyone to experience a global adventure of open communication, information, and resources which ultimately provides a unique and fun exploration of the electronic frontier called Cyberspace.
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