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Guidelines for Posting to "everyone@vims.edu"

General Principles

The email address "everyone@vims.edu" is provided as a mechanism to broadcast messages to all members in the VIMS community in a timely manner. All persons holding a userid at the Institute are automatically included in the address. The intent of the list is to foster communication and discussion, disseminate information to all in a timely manner, and to reduce the use of paper copy. Users are therefore expected to be considerate of the rights of others, and ensure that their postings are of interest to everyone.

Guidelines

• Postings should be related to VIMS/SMS business and of interest to all members of the Institute. Special interest postings should be sent to more specialized lists.
• Messages should properly identify the originator. Use of another person's userid, or misrepresenting an originator is not allowed. Anonymous postings are not allowed.
• Use of the list for commercial or partisan political purposes, such as circulating advertising for products or for political candidates, is not allowed.
• Messages that harass or intimidate another person are not allowed.
• Be considerate in your use of the list as it impacts shared system resources. Large messages, forwarded to everyone, put a load on cpu and disk resources.