In addition to suggestions given in the articles, such as "Emily
Postnews," mentioned in section 8.1 above, here are a few things I'd
like to emphasize.

DOs
===
:>  Say what you've done to try to find the answer to your question.
    For example, say you've read the FAQ (if you have) or if (and
    only if) you tried to find it but couldn't, ask for a pointer to
    it.

:>  If you set the Followup-To header to be something other than the
    newsgroups you are posting to, say you've done this in your
    article so people will know where to go to follow the discussion.

:>  If you notice somthing is getting asked frequently, package the  
    question and answer, if you can, and send it to the FAQ
    maintainer.  [Thanks to Bill Wohler for this DO.]


DON'Ts
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:<  Do not post a response before you have read the entire thread.  This 
    way you won't post the same thing that someone else already posted.

:<  Do not ask people to only mail you a response.  There *will* be
    other people who are interested in the responses.  Also, if
    responses are posted, people can see that your question has been
    answered and know that they don't need to take the time to write
    you a response.

:<  Do not include a signature longer than four lines.

:<  Do not use a meaningless subject like "Help".

:<  Do not include the whole article you are responding to.  Rather,
    you should include only the bare minimum.

:<  Do not overuse smileys (like I've just done).

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