I am hoping that, with the help of these guidelines, the list can be largely
self-regulating. I will not be constantly looking for violators of these guidelines,
but in extreme cases or for repeat offenders I reserve the right remove an
individual’s posting privileges (still allowing the individual to receive mail from
the list) or to remove an individual completely from the list.
- First and foremost: Treat everyone with respect.
Flaming has no place on this list and will not be tolerated.
- Remember that email does not come with facial expressions, body language, tone of
voice or any of the other cues that signal the intent of the sender. Because of that,
it is very easy to misinterpret a message as a flame when no flame was intended.
Please give the sender of a message the benefit of the doubt and assume that no flame
was intended.
- Use the subject line to accurately describe the content of your message. If you
change the topic or emphasis of a conversation, please change the subject line
accordingly.
- Your name and email address should be included in all messages to the list. This
will allow other users to contact you with private email if they wish.
- When responding to a previous post it is helpful to include those parts of the
previous message that you are responding to in order to maintain continuity in the
discussion. However, to preserve bandwidth and to make your response more readable,
you should cut out any sections of the previous post that are not relevant to your
response.
- Send notes intended for an individual to the individual and not to the list.
There are some things we just don’t need to know.
- This document is intended to be a dynamic one that will change as we gain
experience with the list and any problems that arise. New guidelines will be posted
as it becomes obvious that they are needed, so check back here from time to time to
make sure that you know and follow all of the current guidelines.
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