Etiquette aka Netiquette (Confidentiality) Monroe County Library System Click to advance slides

Confidential Courtesies Respect Privacy-Use BCC or private newsgroups to protect co-workers and friends addresses. Never give out someone else's address without express permission. Never forward an if you have not read it first. Save yourself some embarrassing moments

Confidential Courtesies Use Archiving-it is valuable when you need to recall previous information-especially when it pertains to third party s. Respect Copyright Laws-always identify where the original information came from. Use Hyperlinks to that site whenever possible.

Don’t Flame Flaming is a common action of trading insults and fits into the category of bullying. Avoid sending and responding to those types of s. If you receive them take appropriate actions -save them in a folder for future steps to resolve the problem. Block the address if needed and/or report it as spam. Often times, if you ignore it, it will go away.

What is Trolling? This is posting a message that is highly off subject, designed to arouse controversy and cause a flame war. Avoid sending or responding to those types of s. If it is a problem-save them in folder for future steps to resolve the problem. Block the address if needed and/or report it as spam. Often times, if you ignore it, it will go away.