[Sigia-l] Netiquette

[Brian Verhoeven]

As an occassional poster, relatively new member of this list (almost 3
months now), I was wondering if there rules of conduct, or netiquette
posted somewhere that should be followed as a poster on this list. 

The reason that I ask is that on more than several occassions I have
noticed that some on the list tend to send emotionally charged messages
that, rather than contributing to the issue at hand by adding meaningful
discussion, tend to refute another poster's opinion/interpretation point
by point in a manner that, in this faceless medium, appear to be
personal attacks. 

At the very least, I hope this message reminds us that it often
difficult to interpret your intent/emotion/motive through e-mail
discussion , unless you make it explicitly clear.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

bv