The FIdonet ARTWARE Echo   
                            Rules and Guidelines   
                          Modified September 15, 2014   
      
   This conference is moderated by 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.   
      
   We 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) sees the   
      need to revise it further.   
      
     MODERATOR:   
       Dallas Hinton         1:153/715   
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    * Origin: The BandMaster -- Vancouver, Canada (1:153/7715)