Subj : Binkley echo rules and guidelines
To : All
From : Echo moderator
Date : Wed Jun 29 2011 12:04 pm
Fidonet BINKLEY (BinkleyTerm Support) Echo Rules
Updated June 7, 2011
Moderators: Richard Webb, 1:116/901
Marc LEwis, 1:396/45
This echo is for the discussion and support of the BinkleyTerm front-end
mailer. The discussion of anything that is tied to BinkleyTerm, POTS
(Plain Old Telephone System) and dialup BBSing is allowed.
General guidelines and policies are in place to help facilitate the smooth
flow of conversation in here. By your participation in this echo, you
agree to abide by the following:
Please do not overquote. Please remember that even in this
day and age of Fidonet over the internet people still pay
for their bandwidth and the extra data isn't appreciated. Along with
this, multiple line signatures are also unwelcome.
No flaming (this includes operating system flames) and no
profanity is allowed. If you wouldn't say it to your mother,
don't say it in here.
No ads of any kind (except for a new version of BinkleyTerm,
but I doubt that's gonna happen).
Except for P4, no local/regional echomail policies (such as
EP1) are recognized in this echo. this is an international
echomail conference, and hopefully carried in all Fidonet zones
therefore it is an unreasonable expectation that local
regional or zone-wide echomail policies could be complied with.
THe moderator will endeavor to use good sense and global
FIdonet policy as his guiding principles however.
English is the primary language of this echo, however, I do
realize that there are non-native English speakers in here.
You may speak in your native tongue as long as there is an
English translation (to the best of your ability) available
in the same message. Conversely, it is unreasonable for
native English speakers to expect folks who don't primarily
use the language to use proper syntax, etc. Reasonable
adults shouldn't have to be shown where the line is here.
Let the moderator and any appointed co-moderators do the
moderating. All discussion of echo moderation issues will
be handled via netmail. After
all, this is a Fidonet echo.
All postings in this echo *must show a valid Fidonet address
where such addresses would customarily appear. THose
wishing to respond to a poster via netmail should be able
to do so easily.Moderators will contact the operator of a
system not showing a valid FIdonet address in the echo via
netmail and request that the situation be rectified before
allowing posts from their system in this echo. Again, all
communication regarding BInkley echo moderation will be by
netmail!
these rules will be posted in the conference every 90 days.
Please do not gate this echo outside of Fidonet by any means
without written permission of the moderator, and echo
participants. IF permission for a gateway is granted the
provider of such a gateway is considered responsible for all
traffic entering the echo via that gateway. Unwanted traffic
via a gateway will immediately generate a feed cut request.
IF you are asked to discontinue provision of such a gate
failure to comply within a reasonable period of time will
result in a request to cut your feed.
