From:	Doctor Doom <jch8169@*******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	ADMIN: Posting Format ('tis baaaack!!!)
Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 1995 00:06:19 -0600

Meine Kameraden:

I see that a kindly administrative reminder as to posting format (yes,
you are all groaning now) would be invoked in a timely manner at this
juncture. Yes, this is within the Frequently Asked Questions document ...
however, as has already been discussed on ShadowRun, there are a great
number who ne'er apparently read it.

Furthermore, the reason for which this is being simultaneously posted to
ShadowTK is that not all individuals active upon ShadowTK participate in
the discussions on Plot-D.

+++++ Include: Excerpt -- ShadowTalk Frequently Asked Questions Document.

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B. What is the posting format?

The best guideline for posting format can be found in the FASA
rulebooks, but in summary, a post should be made as follows:

Standard Style:

***** (Key Word): Name List (optional)
>>>>>[Text to be discussed]<<<<<
-- ID < Time / Date >

Corporate Style:

***** (Key Word): Name List (optional)
>>>>>[Text to be discussed]<<<<<
-- ID < Time / Date >
Position
Corporation

Where:
(Key Word) = This refers to the key words for the two styles of post
encryption, those being "PRIVATE" and "NOT TO".
Name List = This is a list of names of personnas that the encryption is
keyed to. For private messages, it is a list of those who
are able to read the post. For barring messages, it is the
list of people who cannot read the message.
>>>>>[ = All postings should start with five (5) greater-than symbols
followed by an opening bracket.
]<<<<< = All postings should end with a closing bracket followed by
five (5) less than symbols.
ID = Your fictional LTG identification. This ID should be
preceeded by eight spaces, two dashes (--), and two spaces.
Time = The time of the post in 24hr format (ie, hh:mm:ss)
I've found it personally convienient to simply use the
current real-world time. There has been some discussion
regarding using a universal time (example, everyone posts
using GMT or Seattle time). It has been decided that it is too
much of a pain to try to recalculate posting time. If you do
with is use a universal time, use GMT.
Date = The Shadowrun Date. In order to keep things in order,
use the current month and day, and for the year, take
the current year and add 61 to it (Shadowrun takes
place in 2055 during 1994). Date is posted in MM-DD-YY format.
Position = The position possessed by the individual in his corporation
(President, CEO, Executive Assistant). This style of posting is
used only by corporate-types, since no self respecting runner or
neoanarchist would use something that corps do.
Corporation= Name of the Coroporation to which the individual is affilated.


OTHER EDITING INSTRUCTIONS:
All postings should be made flush-left. Do not TAB in new paragraphs.
Do not use TABs for formatting purposes (use spaces).

At the end of a paragraph, press return twice and start the next
paragraph flush-left.

If there are multiple messages in one posting, put only one blank
line between them.

Do not hypenate words. If a word is longer than the line, start
the word on the NEXT line.

NOTE: There are some industrious "deckers" that alter the
time-date stamp into saying something else. While this can be fun,
It is generally accepted that only VERY expert deckers can do this.

Signature Files:
As a general rule, it is unnescessary to include a signature file
for SHADOWTK postings, as your entries will have your "ID" to
identify you. Most mailers are able to resolve return
addresses. Thus, this practice is highly frowned upon.

Quoting Previous Postings:
This is also highly frowned upon, mostly because of the difficulty
in creating a log file. Discussion should occur rapidly enough
that quoting of will be unecessary. If you feel that you need to
address specific points, please try to simply address them without
wasting bandwidth with unecessary quoting. Use the text of the
posting to refresh everyone's memory if you can.

Subject Line:
Please note that subject lines WILL NOT be present in the edited
log, so if you have a subject line that is important to the
meaning of message, it will become confusing. If need be,
reiterate your subject int he BODY of the message.

Flaming:
Isn't very nice, period. If it gets too bad, you will be deleted from
the list.

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