Newsgroup posting guidelines

The following posting guidelines were adopted by a vote of m.h.d participants
in September 1994.

Posting guidelines for misc.health.diabetes:

Postings to misc.health.diabetes should be compliant with the standards 
for all material posted to Usenet.  The following articles may be found 
in news.announce.newusers, and should be reviewed by all posters:

-Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
-Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
-A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
-Rules for posting to Usenet
-What is Usenet?

Posting to misc.health.diabetes should be compliant with the group charter,
[which is in the previous section].

In addition to the above, the following guidelines are emphasized as
particularly relevant for contributions to misc.health.diabetes:

-No personal attacks or insults.  Avoid argumentative debates.  Responses
 should concentrate on the issues presented.

-No private discussions.  Take private discussions to email.  When in
 doubt, use email.

-Edit responses to avoid unnecessary inclusions of earlier postings.

-Edit subject lines as necessary to remain consistent with the topic.

-Support factual statements with your sources.  If you can not recall the
 source, then say so.  Do not imply authority which you can not actually
 support.

Additional information can be found in the general FAQ posted periodically
to this group.