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Fiction/"Fluff" Posts:

Original fiction posted to the list (known as "Fluff," a term taken from other mailing lists) is both welcomed and encouraged. However, we do ask that you follow the following format for the Subject: line of any fluff postings... FLUFF: title of fluff. Chapter of fluff, if applicable This is done so that list members who sort their mail can do so easier, and also so that the list's short-term log function works properly. Also, there are some subscribers whose mailers cannot handle large messages properly. So please, if possible, break longer fluff into chunks of 300 lines or so.

Posting Limits:

Due to the immense amount of traffic this list can generate, I ask that you restrict yourself to a maximum of three posts per day. If necessary, multiple subjects are a good way of fitting many shorter posts into one long post.

Fluff posts should not be counted against this limit, however, we do ask that you not flood us with fluff, either :-)

Appropriate Topics for VAMPYRES:

As the name of this list suggest, this list is primarily concerned with Vampyres. As such, we do ask that the majority of the posts to the list be concerned with vampyres. Discussion of other Creatures of the Night (CotN) is also generally welcomed, so long as it doesn't actively "drown out" vampyric conversations.

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Other Things to Note:

1) CCing replies to the list

The list is set up so that, by default, if you just reply to a post, the reply is sent to the author, not the list. This is done to reduce off-topic clutter. What some people do is reply to the author and CC (carbon copy) the list.

Many people find this practice annoying. They will already get one copy of the reply from the list, there generally isn't a need to send them one personally. Thus, this practice is not recommended.

2) Chain Letters/Virus Warnings

There have been many occasions where people have posted the above material to the list. Usually, it is done with the best of intentions--someone hears about a virus, and wants to warn people about it. Or they hear that some big company is donating something for each email received at a particular address.

Unfortunately, these messages are almost always hoaxes of one form or another. The virus warnings are fake, originating from people who have nothing better to do than to see how many people they can panic. The "donation" letters are either designed to cause someone to be snowed under with mail, or were legitimate at one time, but have long since reached their goal.

This is not to say that everything *will* be a hoax, however. If you get a message that you think is legitimate, please forward it to a listowner. If we find that it is legitimate, we will forward it on to the list.

David Zeiger
VAMPYRES Listowner
vampadmn@best.com
dzeiger@netcom.com

James Payne
VAMPYRES Listowner
jpayne@holli.com, paynej@cindas.ecn.purdue.edu

Drac
VAMPYRES Listowner
(address pending)

JAWS
VAMPYRES Assistant Listowner
wilder@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu



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David Zeiger                   vampadmn@best.com
VAMPYRES Listowner             dzeiger@netcom.com

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