Maintain a Clear Policy
Each subscriber that joins your mailing list should be made aware of your list’s policies from the beginning. One common method of distributing policy to subscribers is to include it in the initial greeting sent to a new subscriber. Another common method is to post it on a web site. Naturally, we encourage you to do both.
The mailing list shall not be used to send unsolicited commercial email (spam email) to its members.
Mailings to the list shall remain on-topic and of general interest to the list as a whole.
Members shall not engage in name calling, anger, or offensive language. Members shall not post messages to the list that could be construed as defamatory, libellous, or offensive to individuals, organizations, or institutions.
Mailings to members of the list shall be sent directly to each, rather than broadcast to the list as a whole.
Members who violate these policies shall be removed from the list.
Subscribers whose addresses continue to bounce for more than a week shall be removed from the list.
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