ADMIN: Posting Rules Reminder (he/she and other stuff)

[Eric Ray <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>]

Gang,
The he/she issue seems to have veered into the irrelevant--it's
sounding like other religious wars (Mac/PC or Word/Frame, for 
example). Let's take it offline and return to technical
communication issues, rather than stylistic questions and
discussions that are unlikely to enlighten or persuade.
Please review the rules below.
Thanks!

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POSTING RULES FOR TECHWR-L
     Revised 2 September 1999

I strongly encourage everyone to read and understand these
rules before posting to TECHWR-L. Any list member may
be removed from the list, at the listowner's discretion,
for flagrant or repeated infractions. Additionally, if 
you are abusive to the listowner or other list members, 
you may be removed from the list. 


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     WHAT TO POST
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