From:
sukie crandall
Date: 2004-02-17 19:11:08 UTC
Subject: To avoid a rejection: Administrative Note: The editing function at
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Smartgroups is broken
Message-id: <0A9AB1AC-617D-11D8-8D39-000A95CD182C@optonline.net>
The editing function is definitely broken. For two days now attempted
edits don't hold.
This means that members MUST be careful to follow the rules.
The entire set of the few rules we have can be found at:
http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/ferrethealth/fhl_rules.txt
To avoid rejections read them and follow them.
The rules most commonly broken are:
2) When questioning a particular course of treatment, or asking
about something your vet has suggested, do not mention vet or clinic
by name, just the specifics of the treatment. When questioning
medications, include dosage (place 0 before decimal as in 0.1) and
mg/ml (6.75mg/5ml).
3) Personal messages of sympathy, thanks, and "me too's" should be
sent directly to the poster, not the list.
4) This list is a resource for ferret health related information.
Ferret health includes; medical, behavorial, nutritional, physical
and psychological needs of ferrets. Your veterinarian should be
your first line of defense for safeguarding your ferrets health.
5) Commercial messages and those soliciting donations are not
appropriate. This includes signature lines.
6) Do not direct ferret health questions to a particular individual
or vet on the list. Doing so will decrease your chance of a reply
from others that may have valuable input for your situation.
and (the single most commonly violated rule)
8) Quote as little of the original post as possible. When
responding to someone, quote only enough of the original post to
remind subscribers of what was said. A good rule of thumb: quoted
post should not be longer than the response.
There are only 14 rules and now you have read almost half of them, so
why not read the rest in the Files section? :-)