ADMIN: Posting guidelines for rec.music.promotional

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                  rec.music.promotional Posting Guidelines
                                      
                    Copyright (c) 2002-3, Brian Edmonds
               $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2003/03/24 17:54:28 $
   
   The latest version of this document can be found at
     * http://www.gweep.ca/~robomod/rec.music.promotional/
     * post to the newsgroup or mailing list with the following text in
       the subject (without the quotes): "send file: guidelines.txt"
       
   Any inquiries, comments or suggestions should be sent to the group
   moderator at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Contents

     * Introduction
     * Charter
          + Subject Tags
          + Miscellaneous Policies
     * How To Submit a Post
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Introduction

   The rec.music.promotional newsgroup was created on December 7, 1994,
   originally moderated by David A. Pearlman. The group lapsed into
   inactivity by January of 1996 and efforts to contact the moderator all
   failed.
   
   In 2002 the moderation authority for the group was passed to Brian
   Edmonds, who is currently sole moderator.
   
   Since its creation a number of control messages have been sent which
   at some sites appear to have erroneously changed the status of the
   group to unmoderated. If this is the case at your site, you should
   bring it to the attention of your news admin, as any postings you make
   to a moderated group which is not properly recognized as such at your
   site will be silently discarded at any site where the group is
   correctly carried as moderated.
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Charter

   From the original creation message as found at ftp.isc.org:
   
   A new newsgroup, named rec.music.promotional, is proposed. The purpose
   of this newsgroup would be to field and repost information from record
   labels (and also from other on-line commercial music-related
   enterprises; e.g. new release lists from import distributors). To
   avoid the group becoming a dumping ground for advertising, it would be
   moderated. The moderator would evaluate submissions and limit postings
   to those with significant information content. The moderator would
   also contact record labels to inform them of the existence of this
   group and would actively solicit submissions of appropriate material
   from these labels. Submissions would be welcomed from both large and
   independent labels. 
   
   The moderator would also be responsible for providing a "random
   notes"-like journal that would combine minor information tidbits that
   would not merit separate postings into a single posting. 
   
  Subject Tags
  
   The group originally used a two letter tagging system to identify
   posts. At this time I am suspending the use of those tags, which were
   cryptic and of questionable utility.
   
  Miscellaneous Policies
  
   The moderator and the moderation software will also enforce the
   following policies:
   
     * Postings must be in plain text. In particular no HTML or mixed
       text and HTML posts will be allowed. Postings in languages other
       than English will be accepted, but must include an English
       translation.
     * Postings must be formatted within 80 characters in width (limiting
       your lines to 72 characters is recommended), and also must not
       exhibit the long/short/long/short/etc misformatting that some
       posting agents can produce when misconfigured.
     * No binary postings of any sort will be accepted. Exceptions will
       be made for cryptographic signatures and such. S/MIME signatures
       are usually far too bulky and will probably not be accepted.
     * Postings must have a meaningful subject header.
     * Crossposting to more than three newsgroups will not be allowed
       except under special circumstances. Contact the moderator if you
       feel you need to crosspost to rec.music.promotional and more than
       two other groups.
     * Followups will be directed to rec.music.misc unless otherwise
       specified. Followups may be to no more than two newsgroups, and
       may not include rec.music.promotional.
     * Postings consisting of no or little more than a URL will not be
       accepted. Please include at least a short paragraph of text
       describing the site.
       
   All posts will first pass through a software agent which will either
   immediately reject the post and return it with a note explaining the
   reason for rejection, or will return an acknowledgement of receipt to
   the poster's email address. Moderation after that point is done
   manually and will vary in the time required. All postings which are
   not accepted will be returned to the posting address with an
   explanation of the reason for rejection.
   
   Posting with a non-replyable address is strongly discouraged. If you
   feel you must post with such an address, please make sure you are not
   using one in a valid mail domain; appending .invalid to the address is
   the recommended way to ensure this.
   
   The current moderator of rec.music.promotional is also the moderator
   of rec.music.info and rec.music.reviews, and any posts submitted
   separately to more than one of these groups will be deemed to be spam,
   and rejected as such.
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How To Submit a Post

   At a correctly configured site you should simply be able to post to
   rec.music.promotional and everything will be managed for you behind
   the scenes. If you find this does not work for you, you can submit
   directly to the submission agent by mailing your posting to
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   
   Please try the newsgroup first, and be sure to bring any problems to
   the attention of your local news administrator so that they can be
   dealt with.
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   Brian Edmonds
   $Date: 2003/03/24 17:54:28 $