Text in bold below address issues that subscribers find particularly vexing.  Please comply.

Post ONLY information that is relevant to professional sexuality issues.

Use the Subject line to give an accurate citation to the content of your post.  Change the subject line if you are starting a different topic.

DO NOT include the original message in your replies.  Delete the message you are responding to except limited quotes.  Delete all content below your current message.  This is a courtesy to all other members on the listserv to keep their mailboxes from clogging. You can imagine the result of a reply to a reply to a reply to a….well, you get the idea!  We get a lot of complaints about this, really!

Avoid sending messages like “thanks” or “attaboy” etc.  Instead, hit the link to the individual with whom you wish to share personal greetings and send messages only to that individual instead of to the entire list.  This will also reduce the clogging of everyone else’s mailboxes. Please note that simply clicking on “reply” will send a reply message to the whole list, not just the individual who has posted.

Look at the address when you reply: if you intend to reply to one person, you should only reply to that person, not the whole list. This is called "backchannelling" because you continue your communication in the background, in private, with one person. This saves everyone from getting
posts of a personal nature or with information or details that everyone doesn't need to know.

Delete all the “junk” lines inserted by your provider.  Yahoo and AOL are particularly notorious for this.

Keep your signature line as brief as possible. Sample:

Mary Smith, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Psychologist in Private Practice

www.marysmith.net or call:  610.555.5555

Attachments are not allowed.  If you would like to make a large file available to all listserv members, you can send the file as an attachment to:  ahowell@aasect.org.  She will post it in the members only section of the website for others to access.

No flaming! (a "flame" is an insulting or angry reply or post to someone)  If you need to argue a point, just present your position, and people will respect it.

Do not post a virus warning unless you have researched the validity at: www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html.

Turn off any HTML encoding, use plain text only (ASCII format).  Do not use colored text, graphics or animations as they will be filtered out so that your messages are unreadable to others.