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 network service providers, the discussion of operational issues, and the discussion of technical issues directly relating to the internet service provision and telecommunications industry.
This is NOT a forum for journalists to pick up leads, sales people to sell things, or end-users to pester their ISP. Such behaviour will not be tolerated (see "Moderation" below).
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 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 are experts in their field and have spent years building large-scale networks. Their experience is a resource to be valued.
Remember that when you post mail to the AusNOG mailing list, your post will be received by hundreds, or even thousands, or 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. The list is also publically archived.
We ask that list subscribers refrain from using derogatory language, both towards individuals, and towards 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 :-)
(c) Do not cross-post to multiple lists;
(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 autoresponder, it's configured to not autorespond 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.
Moderators will be appointed by the list operators in due course. Moderators will be selected from the list membership, and will be listed on this page.