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- In accordance with current practice and adopted echomail procedure
- within Fidonet, the following rules have been established for the
- Real Estate Echo. The following rules will be posted periodically
- in the echo.
-
- The purpose of the rules is quite simply to make sure the messages
- conform to Fidonet standards, keep the threads on topic, and to
- insure orderly distribution without causing duplicate message loops.
-
- 1. Only real names are allowed in this conference. Handles, nick-
- names, etc. are not permitted. This is an echo dedicated to
- serious topics and such handles as "Asian Warrior", "Satan's Right
- Hand", and "The Avenger" have no place here. Short forms of your
- first name such as Bob, Al, Joe, etc. are not considered nick-
- names.
-
- 2. Off topic messages should be ignored. The Moderator or his
- Co-Moderator will respond to them directly. Answers by others
- just tend to perpetuate themselves and lead the threads astray.
-
- 3. Personal attacks (commonly called flames) are not permitted under
- any circumstances. In addition to keeping the messages on topic,
- we intend to keep things friendly. It is absolutely permitted
- and encouraged to disagree. However, it must be done in a
- friendly manner. It is particularly necessary for the profes-
- sionals among us to remember that this echo is for *everyone*.
- A condescending manner is to be avoided at all costs. Please try
- to remember how much you had to learn at one time.
-
- 4. This echo is available to any Fidonet BBS which wants to carry it,
- and we hope they all will. However, at this time it may not be
- passed out of Fidonet without the explicit permission of the
- Moderator. Also, it should only be passed to or from your net
- echomail hub unless he asks you to pass it on to another bbs in
- your net.
-
- 5. Sysops (system operators) from throughout the country spend their own
- hard-earned $$$ to make these echos available for your pleasure and
- education. Therefore, advertisements of any kind, and in particular,
- *COMMERCIAL_ADVERTISEMENTS* are not in good taste and are *TABOO*.
- It is totally unfair to ask these sysops to pay your advertising
- costs, and your cooperation here is most certainly expected.
-
- 6. That's all the rules folks. They are really just common sense
- and courtesy. Please live somewhere near if not within them and
- all will be well. However, we must enforce them if they are
- violated.
-
- Bob Germer
- Moderator
- (1:266/21)
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