What is netiquette?

There are informal rules of the internet which are termed "netiquette" to help
people use proper etiquette within this form of communication. Some
examples of poor netiquette are not to signing messages, unsubscribing by
sending mail to the posting address instead of the administrative address, or
TYPING IN ALL CAPS, (which is considered yelling). This is a dynamic
environment and netiquette is changing rapidly.

Some informal rules for this list:

Remember that replies automatically go to the entire list. To respond to an
individual, see the directions for your email software.

Never send attachments to the list. An attachment may contain a virus, may be
in a format others cannot use, may not make it through some mail gateways,
and will bog down both the list server and the mail server. (Large enough
attachments will choke the list server.)

Don't send styled text or HTML files, just plain text. (A rule of thumb: if it's
not in
the body of the text, people may not read it.)

Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to -- and
please quote some of the original message so others know what you're
responding to.

Please keep "me too" and "agreed" messages off the list; these are best sent
privately.

When responding to a digest post, please change the subject to match that of
the original message.

Please keep signature lines concise, preferably 6 lines or less.

Some e-mail programs are set to wrap lines at 80 characters, so check that
your signature won't wrap badly because of this. (Just look at your posts to
see if this is a problem.)

Although subscribers may offer specific equipment and services to the list or
share an exceptional bargain they have discovered, explicitly commercial
postings are prohibited. Any address or domain posting such will be blocked.

Treat your list neighbor as you wish to be treated. Address breaches of
netiquette privately, not on the list. Assume the best, not the worst.

To discussion group users---(Add more detail to this list? Or delete some of
these?)