The FIdonet ARTWARE Echo.   
                         Rules and Guidelines   
                        Modified June 19, 2011   
      
   This conference is moderated by RIchard Webb,   
   Fidonet 1:116/901 and Dallas HInton of FIdonet 1:153/715.   
      
   Conference information:   
      
   ARTWARE is a product support echo open to all for the discussion,   
   chat, assistance, etc. of ARTWARE products.  Open to all authors, users,   
   distributors, support sites and everyone who uses shareware.   
      
   Posting a message in this echo will be understood by the Moderator to be a   
   declaration of your intent to abide by these and any other rules that may,   
   of necessity, be formulated.  *Post in English Only Please.*   
   OTher languages may be used if a translation to   
   ENglish is available within the same message, to the best   
   of your abilities.  The flip side of this is that flaming   
   somebody whose primary language is not English for improper   
   use of the language is unacceptable.   
      
   I expect to have little to do here, as most who participate   
   in this echo should be familiar with standard rules of   
   echomail etiquette.  For those who are new here, please make   
   note of them as they apply to this echo, as listed below.   
      
   1. The topics of this conference should be related to TimEd,   
   NetMgr, WIMM, JAMINFO and related Software, including   
   distributors, authors and users alike.  This includes third   
   party authors and their products.   
      
   2.  Avoid excessive quoting. Try to quote enough of the   
   message so that the person you are responding to understands   
   the reply and can relate it to what was being discussed.   
      
   3.  Users are requested to please consider both the QUALITY and QUANTITY   
       of what they post, keeping in mind the costs incurred for moving the   
   mail.  SOme users of this echo may still by necessity need   
   to dial long distance or are charged according to the   
   bandwidth they consume.  Please consider them, and the costs   
   they incur to participate in FIdonet.   
      
   4.  MOderation issues will only be handled via FIdonet   
   netmail.  IF posts emanating from your system appear  in this   
   echomail conference then you are assumed to be able to   
   receive and respond to FIdonet netmail.   
      
   If you feel that someone is out of line, please make the   
   Moderator(s) aware of the situation through Netmail, and   
   allow them to follow through.   
      
   5.  Use of handles and or aliases is not allowed.  Those people who are   
   logged on to bbs's using an alias should post their real names   
       prominently in the body of each message they post.  All   
       messages posted here should show the actual Fidonet   
       address of the originating system or the system which   
       provides an approved gateway. SEe below for echo policy   
       regarding gateways to other networks.   
      
       6. There shall be no bashing of hardware, hardware manufacturers, software   
   programs, software authors or any other individuals. If you   
   have a problem with a program, company or piece of equipment   
   and want to discuss it in an effort to get some help, fine,   
   but let's not tear something down unless you can offer   
   constructive suggestions for building it back up.   
   There will not be any widget wars.*   
      
   7.  NO gating outside FIdonet permitted except where   
   approved by the moderator and the participants of the echo.   
   IF a gate to another network is approved the provider of   
   that gateway is responsible for all traffic entering the   
   echo.  Spam and other undesirable traffic  entering via such   
   a gateway will be grounds for an immediate request for the   
   gateway to be closed.  failure to respond to this request in   
   a timely manner will be considered excessively annoying, and   
   will generate a feed cut.   
      
     This is a living document and may change if the moderator(s)   
     see the need to revise it further.   
      
      
      
      
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    * Origin: ARTWARE echo moderator (1:116/901)