[Amc-list] AMC-List Rules Reminder

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AMC-List Rules

Subscribers who violate these policies will receive one warning. The
second infraction will get you kicked off the list. An e-mail from the
moderator concerning a subject or a post on the list IS NOT considered a
warning. Warnings will be CLEARLY STATED as such and in e-mail. The
first kick-off will generally be temporary, time period to be determined
by the moderator. A second kick-off will generally be permanent -- it
depends on time since the first and severity of infractions. If you have
to be asked to keep your cool every month or so, and tend to ignore
polite reminders, don't expect to be allowed back on the list. All
decisions by the moderator are final. Remember, access to the list is
not a right, it's a privilege. Abuse that privilege on a regular basis
and it will be taken away. The moderator maintains this list as a
service to all AMC enthusiasts at his own expense. All decisions made by
the moderator are final. 

The topic of the list is AMC vehicles, loosely defined as vehicles
designed, engineered, manufactured, and/or sold by the American Motors
Corporation. General, non-AMC-specific technical information is also
permitted if it is of value to people working on AMC vehicles. 

All messages must include the author's name OR e-mail in the text of the
message or in the header. Due to concerns with SPAM, an e-mail address
is not required but is highly encouraged. To prevent your address from
being picked up by a possible e-mail harvester replace "@" with the word
AT or one of the periods with the word "DOT" in your signature. These
are obvious to someone replying. Fortunately the list is small and on a
secure server -- the possibility of someone harvesting e-mails is
remote. Most reports of SPAM suspecting the list as a source are
actually from members computers infected with a virus or spy-ware. 

When replying to list mail, do not send the reply to the list unless it
will be of interest to the list. Reply to the individual author if your
message is not of general interest. This is why an e-mail address is
recommended. In particular if you want to purchase an item for sale that
has been posted to the list, please reply to the individual posting the
item - not the entire list. It is important to check the address in your
reply since it will go to the entire list by default in most cases. 

The "Subject" line should reflect the content of the message. If you
change the subject of a thread, change the "Subject" line. 

In replies, quote as much of the original message as necessary to
establish the context. Edit out unnecessary material. 

**Abusive or insulting messages are absolutely not allowed. All list
members, and their vehicles, must be treated with respect.**

Advertising is permitted on the list, vendors and personal, within the
following guidelines: 
Up to two ads in any calendar month per subscriber 
No more than 100 lines of text (about 5K) per ad 
Ads must be specifically geared toward AMC enthusiasts
MUST include an e-mail or phone number
MUST be a list member (members can pass on information from a non-member
if it is of interest to all list members) 
Once a request for or offer of merchandise has been posted to the list,
all subsequent correspondence concerning a transaction must be conducted
OFF the list. 
If you are selling a vehicle, we suggest that you use the following
format to advertise it. Simply cut and paste this template into an
e-mail to the list and change the information as applicable. This will
help prevent ten replies all asking about a detail you forgot to
include, and it will also help you sell your vehicle faster. 

         MODEL: Rambler Ambassador 
          YEAR: 1964 
    BODY STYLE: 990-H 2-door hardtop 
        ENGINE: 327 4-barrel
  TRANSMISSION: Automatic 
         COLOR: yellow with black top, black interior 
       MILEAGE: 34,000 original miles 
      LOCATION: Austin, TX (PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THIS!)
E-MAIL ADDRESS: wish.it.was.mine AT mail.utexas.edu
  ASKING PRICE: $4,500 O.B.O. (optional but recommended)
  PHONE NUMBER: (512)-123-4567 (optional; must include area code)
Then feel free to describe any options, how the car runs, handles, any
rust problems, and so forth... the important point to make is that the
above template will help answer a lot of common questions that people
frequently forget to answer in their ads. That in turn will help reduce
the volume of unnecessary list mail! 

If mail to a subscriber is "bounced" back to the list administrator due
to a full mailbox or technical error on the subscriber's system, the
system will automatically unsubscribe the member from the list in order
to reduce unnecessary load on the AMC-List system. Subscribers should
unsubscribe or set their mail status to "postpone" to avoid such
problems when they are unable to check their mail. When in "postpone" or
"suspend" mode no mail will be sent, but a member can still post and
read the List on the web site.

TIP: Remember, the web site and List are TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES! The AMX
Files site receives mail just like any member, then mirrors the posts to
the site for public view. If mail service gets interrupted, usually due
to the regular Internet DNS shuffle, it may take a few days to get the
service straightened out, especially if it fails on or just before a
weekend. This will happen 2-3 times a year. Jim will generally post
"missing" days to the site after the problem is fixed. If you're
concerned about missing posts, get the list in Digest mode. This will
consolidate all messages into 2-4 mails per day and send them to your
mail box instead of 10-50 individual mails filling your box. Digests
files aren't as big as all the individual mail messages. Digest mode is
now the default when you sign up on the list. 

Frank Swygert 
List Administrator 
farna@xxxxxxx
Phone 302-233-4925 (EST)
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