e-mail list Netiquette

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Ask and ye shall receive. Here it is. I don't think we need anymore discussion

on this as it is off-topic and I was only posting (AS A MODERATOR) to remind

people that we don't need to see all posts that have been sent to the list on

one subject. As with everything else remember that not all of these rules

pertain to Mitoldies, however there are many lists out there and these rules do

apply to other lists.

Cindy

Email List Netiquette: How To Participate On Email Discussion Lists Without

Getting Flamed

General Guidelines For Participating In Email Discussion Lists:

1. Lurk and Learn before you post. Never post to a list until you've

received plenty of posts to understand the community or are comfortable with the

style of the list.

2. READ the Archives before posting, so that you know what has been

covered already and what has not. This will also give you an overall feel for

the list topics which make up this list.

3. READ the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the list if there is one.

This may save you looking like a newbie, and answer many of your questions which

have already been asked before you.

4. Do Not Cross-Post. This means do not send your Email to more than (1)

list at time. Do not CC or BCC any ISP-List.

5. Do not send PRIVATE Emails through a public list. This is very immature

behavior, and will not be tolerated. Reprimand via private Email only. Never

reprimand in public, if at all possible.

6. Keep hate mail & things with deep religious or political meaning, off

the ISP-Lists. There is a proper place for everything, and the ISP-Lists are not

for these topics.

7. When posting, ADD VALUE or don't post.

8. Keep your post ON-TOPIC Please do not forward Virus Hoaxes through the

list. These are off topic. Do not post: " Me too " , unless you add value with that

post.

9. Respect other peoples opinions. They are right for each person, but may

not be right for you. These are perspectives. Each person does have a right to

their perspective. Honor that, but you don't have to agree with each other.

10. Spell & Grammar check your Email before posting. These are

professional forums, and your Email is a representative of your intelligence &

reputation.

11. Support up your statements. If you are going to make a statement that

is on 'the edge', please back it up with facts that support your statement.

12. Be Courteous of your fellow list members. Not everyone has a clue all

the time, about everything, so be gentle in your communications.

13. DO NOT SPAM the list with your advertising message. You will be banned

from the list(s) soon.

14. As to Style, Keep your SIG lines 5/6 lines or less. Trim your Reply to

a post. We don't need to read the entire thread, over and over again. Just quote

what is relevant only. Trim the footer off your reply.

15. Being nice to the List Manager will go a long way with your request.

SHOUTING will prioritize your request to the bottom.

16. Keep your posts in the POSITIVE No one wants to hear a negative

attitude, but if you are going to have one, support it with facts.

17. Do not forward Copyrighted material or information you do not have

permission to forward, through the list.

18. The lists are archived for life. Price discussions, among your

competitors/peers, are usually not a good idea. Furthermore, do not post

information that should be kept private, including your personal data, a

subscriber's personal data, or any other confidential information.

19. Note: Do not say anything through a list you wouldn't mind being

archived for life, because it will be.

20. Swearing is not really appropriate in a public forum. Please limit the

use of vulgarity to make your point.

21. Give credit where credit is due. If you are quoting another persons

work or website, make sure you give proper credit for the original author of the

works you have quoted.

22. Do not turn your Email address into a vacation auto-responder. If you

are going on vacation, REMOVE yourself from the list.

23. Think before posting. Once you click on SEND, there is no way to stop

your Email from being distributed through the rest of the list.

24. Lastly, Do Not Send HTML Emails or enriched, stylized, enhanced text

Emails through the list. Doing so will make your Emails look like garbage code

to many of the list members who are using pine or other non-html compliant Email

lists.

25. ASCII is the standard. Please, keep the ISP-Lists to this standard. Do

not send attachments to the lists unless the information has been requested in

that format from list members