M. Shaer
--- On Sun, 7/15/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Y!M] File - List Guidelines.txt To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 15, 2007, 11:36 AM Thanks for joining the Yahoo_Messenger List. This list is full of great folks who love to share their knowledge, and can be, at times, a very busy list. Please take some time to read this message; it contains important information about your participation on this List. Please save a copy for later, you never know when you might need it. While we would like to have a list without rules, unfortunately on a list like this and of this size, that isn't realistic. Consequently, we are posting the rules both here and on the list. Please do your best to abide by the rules. Note: These List Rules are not copyrighted, and if you find any of them useful for your own list, please feel free to use them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Y A H O O _ M E S S E N G E R [ Y ! _ M ] L I S T R U L E S ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dear Sir or Madam, Please do not add Acor Messages to my spam and let me decide on which is spam and which is not spam amongst my messages. Thank you. The Rules are (these are the "bare basics" of the List Rules; see the end of this message for clarification and/or additional detail): WARNINGS Let the List Moderators handle this; it's part of our function with this list! WRITING AND EDITING EMAIL TO THE LIST-- * Use Plain Text Format (Recommended, but not required). * Please edit your replies. Quoting too much of the email that you are replying to can hinder communication. When replying to a Digest, please be sure not to include the entire Digest. * Stay on-topic as much as possible (this does not mean NO off-topic emails, but try and keep those to a minimum). * No Flaming. * No Spam. * No Attachments. * No Virus Warnings onlist. * If a moderator asks you to drop a thread - please drop it. * Please read ALL messages with ADMIN in the subject line. MISCELLANEOUS * Please do your best to unsubscribe yourself if you feel you need to leave the list. Directions on email unsubscribing are towards the bottom of this email. Here are more details on the Y!_M List Rules: 1. On Y!_M, we understand that we all have things that we feel very strongly about, as well as our own "hot buttons." If the discussion gets heated, please try to avoid flaming (personal abusive attacks intended to incite, degrade, make fun of another person or their ideas with no positive outcome. Additionally, flaming of moderators, either on or off list for their actions on the list, is not permitted. 2. All new members are automatically moderated by the system. Moderation will be removed from members that the owner/moderators feel that moderation is no longer needed for that member. Moderators have final say when a member looses moderation. (Most likely causes for moderation not being taken away could be for previous posts, or not enough posts to make us more comfortable) . 3. SPAMming is not allowed. SPAM is loosely defined here as sending unsolicited e-mail -- either commercial or advertising other lists or websites, etc. It is also in violation of Yahoo! Groups' own policies. If you would like to promote your own groups, please send an email to: Yahoo_Messenger- ow...@yahoogroup s.com - I have a list on file of several groups where you may do so. 4. Decisions by the list moderators are final and abiding. If any of the list moderators tell you to drop a topic, please do so. 5. List announcements are not allowed on this list. One of the emails you received when you joined this list provides you with Promotional Links for your list for gaining new members (List coming soon to the files area). 6. We are aware that the majority of our members are owners and operators/moderator s of their own lists; As such, we understand how proud you are of your list(s), and wish to inform others of your status in your signature line. However, please keep it brief and pertinent, avoid repetition, and keep your signature line to a maximum of 105 characters (spaces included). Signature lines in great excess of 105 characters are considered list announcements, and therefore are not allowed. Below is a sample of an acceptable length signature line: Larry Zillipanipus, Owner-Moderator, ItsAGreatBigList@ yahoogroups. com A list for DogEatingCats and Friends. 7. Any problems which deal specifically with Y!_M should be sent to the List Moderators only, at: Yahoo_Messenger- ow...@yahoogroup s.com. Some examples of this would be: SPAM you received offlist which you feel originated by an Y!_M member; problems getting your emails to go through to Y!_M; offlist flaming by a member of Y!_M, etc. Every- thing relating to the running of Yahoo! Messenger, please direct your email to: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com. SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO YOU: UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THIS LIST. All list members of this list subscribed themselves and are expected to do their best to unsubscribe themselves. The Unsubscribe directions are included at the bottom of every list message and the top of every Digest message. If you have any problems getting unsubscribed from the list, please contact the List Moderators, by writing to Yahoo_Messenger- ow...@yahoogroup s.com and one of us will assist you, but you must try to do it yourself FIRST. After all, if you can't unsubscribe yourself how can you help your members when they need to unsubscribe? The method to unsubscribe is quite simple. You can send an email to: Yahoo_Messenger- unsubscribe@ yahoogroups. com AND then reply to the Confir- mation email that Yahoo! Groups sends you, or you can sign into your Yahoo! Groups account at http://groups. yahoo.com and go to the lists you have joined, click on the drop-down menu across from the list, choose unsubscribe, and then click on the Save Changes button. You can also change your List Settings in the same way from Individual emails to either Digest or No Mail/read on the web and back. Yahoo! Groups email functions Subscribe to Yahoo_Messenger mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- unsubscribe@ yahoogroups. com Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- dig...@yahoogrou ps.com Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- nom...@yahoogrou ps.com Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- nor...@yahoogrou ps.com Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:Yahoo_Messenger- ow...@yahoogroup s.com Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above. January 25, 2004- This is the latest version of these rules. These rules supersede any prior rules you might have received. File these rules for later review. Thanks, Your List Moderator Tommy "PhiberOptics43" Yahoo_Messenger- ow...@yahoogroup s.com
