Netiquette Guidelines

Are these guidelines still the ideal in this NG (or any others for that
matter)?

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

If not, and I feel a lot of these old guidelines are out of date, what are
to reference?

I see a lot of regular posters here that don't follow the spirit of this
document. Obviously they feel the are free to follow some other "code" that
may have evolved - but is it documented?

Extracts -

A good rule of thumb: Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what
you receive. You should not send heated messages (we call these "flames")
even if you are provoked. On the other hand, you shouldn't be surprised if
you get flamed and it's prudent not to respond to flames.

If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize
the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the
original to give a context. This will make sure readers understand when
they start to read your response. Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated
by distributing the postings from one host to another, it is possible to see
a response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context helps
everyone. But do not include the entire original!

If you should find yourself in a disagreement with one person, make your
responses to each other via mail rather than continue to send messages to
the list or the group. If you are debating a point on which the group
might have some interest, you may summarize for them later.

Avoid sending messages or posting articles which are no more than
gratuitous replies to replies.

Mac





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