Legacy Users Group Etiquette 1. Please keep the tone of messages friendly and helpful. Remember we were all beginners at one time. 2. Please keep to the topic of Legacy. The newsgroup is for discussing the Legacy Family Tree genealogy program. Please don't send jokes, political messages, religious opinion, etc. 3. Please make sure the Subject line is filled in and reflects purpose of your message. 4. Please send messages in plain text form. People with visual impairments may find messages with colored text and backgrounds hard to read. Other recipients may get messages filled with HTML code that's hard to read. In addition, viruses can't hide in plain text messages like they do in HTML or RTF messages. Please see http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/html-off.html for help in turning off HTML and RTF in messages. 5. Please don't send attachments. They can take a long time to download. Also viruses can hide in attachments. Scan your computer for viruses regularly and keep your anti-viral software updated. Beware of Legacy User Group messages with an attachment. Since we ask subscribers not to send attachments, chances are high that the attachment is a viruses. Please don't open it -- just delete it. 6. Please do not send "digitally signed" messages to the Legacy Users Group. Don't require replies to messages sent to the Legacy Users Group. In addition, please unsubscribe from the Users Group if you are going on vacation and need to use the AutoResponder in your email program. 7. Please only include relevant return text. There is no point including the entire text of the message if you are answering only one or two points. 8. Please use the spell checker and proof read. 9. Please, please wait before sending a flame (a hostile, negative message). Cool off before responding. If still angry in two hours, send a reply directly to the sender, not to the group. This will help keep the tone of the Users Group friendly and helpful. NOTE: Flamers will be removed from the Users Group without warning. Persons sending obscene messages, hate mail or Spam will also be removed from the Users Group without warning and may also find themselves reported to their Internet Service Provider. 10. Please keep your messages brief and to the point. Extremely lengthy messages may never get read or answered. 11. The Legacy Users Group is not Spam. Everyone in the users group signed up for it. Spam is unsolicited e-mail. Please know how to unsubscribe yourself at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp. 12. Please don't respond to messages from people asking to be unsubscribed. They will probably never read it. Let the webmaster handle their requests. 13. We all like to be polite and express our gratitude; however, due to the high volume of Users Group messages, there is no need to send "Thank you" responses that have no other significant content. To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
