Netiquette
Always learn and follow the acceptable use policy.
Don't tie up computers in public labs with game playing when
other people need to work and are waiting for a terminal.
Always end your messages with your name and e-mail address.
Always include a subject heading with e-mail.
Only forward a message if it is appropriate and if doing so will
not harm the reputation of the writer. If in doubt, get permission
to forward the message from the original sender.
In e-mail, use judicious quoting.
Take reasonable card with your punctuation and spelling, and
don't write in all capitals SINCE IT LOOKS AS IF YOU ARE SHOUTING.
If you quote e-mail in another venue - a paper, article, online
essay, etc. - try to get permission from the writer you are quoting.
Always give proper credit for anything you use of find on the
Internet.
Make sure you write down all the information needed for others
to go to the source you have cited.
Never use shareware (software available to the public at low
prices and paid for on the honor system) without paying the fee for it.
If you get flamed, do not flame in return. Stay cool and
respond with wit and good humor. It will make you look cool and make
the flamer look bad.
Taken from Writing Online: A Student's Guide to the
Internet and the World Wide Web. Crump & Carbone. 2nd
edition. Houghton Mifflin. New York. 1998.
