The AusNOG mailing list has been established to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information, the discussion of specific implementation issues that require cooperation among internet infrastructure related service providers (eg ISP/ASP/DC etc), the discussion of technically focused operational issues, and the discussion of technical issues relating to provision of internet services and the various infrastructure related services in the telecommunications industry.
This is NOT a forum for journalists to pick up leads, sales people to sell things, end-users to pester their ISP, or bush lawyers to posit their beliefs. Such behaviour will not be tolerated (see "Moderation" below).
When you post to the AusNOG mailing list any posting made should be considered as solely being the views of the person making the posting unless explicitly stated otherwise. You must also remember that any posting made joins the public domain and is publicly archived, it is unwise to include any information that would normally require an NDA of any sort. The responsibility of this vests with the poster.
Note well that while technical matters relating to a commercial or legal dispute MAY be in scope, details of a commercial or legal nature are NOT permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, naming the parties involved or including any details of the individuals employed by or associated with the parties that are involved in the dispute.
Professional respect:
As a list subscriber, you are required to respect the opinion of others, even if you disagree with it. Healthy debate on a topic is good, however personal attacks, name and shame attempts, or flaming will not be tolerated.
It would be worthwhile for new list subscribers to become familiar with the posters on the list before jumping in. Some of the list members have spent many years in their field and are experts. Their experience is a resource to be valued. Also remember that there isn't always a direct correlation between the number of posts by a poster and their expertise level.
Remember that when you post mail to the AusNOG mailing list, your post will be received by hundreds, or even thousands, of your current and potential peers, customers, suppliers and employers. Think before posting - you don't want to look foolish in front of these people as these are the very people you may need to ask for a job, or a favour, one day.
We ask that list subscribers refrain from using derogatory language towards individuals, companies, or products.
Posting:
(a) Don't quote 50 lines of text and add one line to it. Quote what is necessary to maintain context, but don't overdo it;
(b) Keep your signatures and disclaimers short. It's no fun seeing signatures that are longer than your posts;(a) Don't quote 50 lines of text and add one line to it. Quote what is necessary to maintain context, but don't overdo it;
(c) Cross posting to multiple lists is discouraged;
(d) Please don't post in HTML format - it tends to annoy people who read with text mode clients.
Attachments:
Please don't.
Autoresponders:
Please make sure that if you do use an auto-responder, it's configured to not auto-respond to list e-mail. If it does, your list membership will, in all probability, be suspended until it's fixed.
Moderation:
The AusNOG mailing list is reactively moderated - that is to say that posts will be delivered to members immediately, but if the moderators see the list being abused the abuser(s) will be asked to refrain from their activities. If the abuser(s) does not cease, their list subscription will be set to moderated mode, requiring all future posts to be moderator approved. Further inappropriate activity may result in the list member being removed. The AusNOG board reserve the right to remove posts from the archive that do not follow this charter.
If the board believes a thread does not follow this charter, the board may request that no more posts to the thread be sent. It is expected that all subscribers follow this direction.
The moderation is an undertaking of the AusNOG Board of Directors. Moderators may be appointed at the Board's choosing. AusNOG Pty Ltd and its directors and associates accept no liability for the events, ramifications, content, or intent of any posting made to the AusNOG mailing list, nor accept liability for the moderation of a poster, removal of a post from archives, removal of posting privileges, or the removal of subscription rights.