UUNET Customer Liaison: USENET "netiquette" Reminder

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

I would assume that saying something about UUNet is bad netiquet as well as
maybe even 1 st ammendment protected speach that they disagree (or some loud
influential customer or politico] with. Sounds real not right


Dave
> From: help () uunet uu net (UUNET Customer Liaison)
> Message-Id: <QQxzjt24313.199501191826 () odin UU NET>
> Subject: USENET "netiquette" Reminder
> To: news-subscribers () uunet uu net
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:26:40 -0500 (EST)
>
> Because of recent improper use by users on AlterNet sites we are
> sending out this reminder to all sites currently subscribing to news.
> If you have not reviewed the accepted USENET netiquette with your users
> recently we strongly suggest you take this opportunity to do so.
>
> Before you or your users post to USENET, please take the time to learn
> the rules of the environment which you are entering.  Doing so can make
> the difference between creating a good name for you and your company on
> the Internet or a bad one.
>
> Please read the postings contained in news.announce.newusers to
> familiarize yourself with the etiquette of USENET.  This information
> may also be obtained via anonymous FTP at UUNET's archive (ftp.uu.net)
> in the directory /usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro.Z  UUCP
> customers may obtain the file via UUCP.
>
> It is your responsibility to ensure that the users on your system are
> also aware of the proper guidelines for posting to USENET.
>
> Improper use of "netiquette", the guidelines of the USENET community,
> will be viewed as a violation of the rules of a network.  This is in
> violation of your contract with UUNET/AlterNet and will likely result
> in your a loss of news posting privileges for your site.
>
> Tamara Bowman                  help () uunet uu net
> Manager Technical Support      uunet!help
> UUNET Technologies, Inc.
>
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