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From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Internationalist posturings.
Summary: Please do not post netmail as articles w/o permission!
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Date: 25 Nov 88 04:11:33 GMT
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<Sigh> This looks like a good time to remind Steven Ryan (and newcomers
to Usenet who may be reading this) of one of the basic points of
net.etiquette.  It is considered *extremely* impolite to take private
netmail messages from other users and repost them publicly in news
articles, without first obtaining the authors' permission.

While network security is not flawless, most users operate on the
assumption that their mail is essentially private.  Users who willfully
repost private mail may tend to find their mailboxes rather empty in
future, as few of us wish to take the risk of having our conversations
broadcast far and wide at the whim of the other fellow.

If you specifically want to get mail on a topic so you can report the
results to the net, say so in your original posting: "Mail your
responses and I will summarize here" is one way to put it.

If you get mail you think is worth publishing even though the sender
intended it for private consumption, mail a request to post the message
(or relevant portions) publicly, and do nothing else until and unless
you get a YES answer.

Following these guidelines will help net.comity all round.  Besides, I
can state with authority that Elvis would have wanted it this way!  :-)
-- 
Tom Neff			UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff
	"None of your toys	CIS: 76556,2536	       MCI: TNEFF
	 will function..."	GEnie: TOMNEFF	       BIX: t.neff (no kidding)