- Not using someone else's name and pretending to be them.
- Not posting or distributing material that is deemed illegal.
- Not using abusive or threatening language.
- Not posting racist remarks regarding peoples sex, race or gender.
- Not spamming message boards or chat rooms with useless or repeated messages.
- Not trying to obtain or use someone else's password.
- Not trying to obtain personal information about someone.
Netiquette is a online behavior standard which is recognized by on Usenet, mailing lists and other public posting areas. Netiquette requires that people post constructive and relevant messages on places like Usenet newsgroups. Things such as posting messages on a different topic to the subject requested and commercial advertising is seen as bad Netiquette. Reading your messages for bad spelling and grammer is seen as good Netiquette.
