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Before posting to alt.tv.x-files ...

1. Get the spelling right
Fox Mulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Duchovny
Dana Scully  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian Anderson
Walter Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitch Pileggi
Cancer Man, Cigarette Smoking Man  . . . . William B. Davis
Alex Krycek  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Lea
Margaret Scully  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Larken
Melissa Scully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melinda McGraw

The Lone Gunman:
Melvin Frohike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Braidwood
Ringo Langly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Haglund
John Fitzgerald Byers  . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Harwood

Marita Covarrubias . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurie Holden
Agent Pendrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Beiser
                                 (gizzie's "stud muffin")

Chris Carter

Anasazi

Extra credit: Feel free to consult a DICTIONARY or at least
your friendly online spell checker. Merriam-Webster is
online: http://www.m-w.com/

2. R E A D     B E F O R E     Y O U     P O S T

At the very least:

Zen and the Art of the Internet - Usenet News
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html

Dear Emily Postnews
http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html

X-Files FAQ
http://www.turning-pages.com/xf/xffaq9711.txt

Newbie Info Kiosk
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/kiosk.htm

Myrke's Newcomer Friendly Tips
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/Myrke.htm

An X-Philes Guide to the Mythology Arc
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/Cafe/cafe.htm

Alt.tv.x-files, Newbies and Net Stuff
http://home.ptd.net/~jnybny/newb.htm

The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym

Checklist:

* READ for a while before you post anything.
* Read the FAQ(s).
* Keep your signature to less than 10 pages long.
* Do NOT post personal messages to a global newsgroup.
* Do NOT post personal e-mail without permission.
* Do NOT even think about posting "test," "me too," "I agree,"
  "make money fast," virus alerts, etc.
* Quote part of the message you are replying to.
* Quote only what's relevant to your reply.
* Do NOT crosspost to every newsgroup in the known universe.

* Binaries? Ads? NOT IN ALT.TV.X-FILES

These are not just cute suggestions. Some providers have included them
in their Acceptable Use Policy. This means that your ignorance could
cost you your account.

For example:

AOL
ftp://ftp.aol.com/pub/usenet/aol-usenet-aup.txt

@home
http://www.home.net/aup/

Pacific Bell Internet
http://public.pacbell.net/dialup/usepolicy.html

concentric.net
http://home.concentric.net/support/faq/general/aup.html

infi.net
http://www.infi.net/usenet.html

dixeg.net
http://www.access.digex.net/~policy/digex-aup.html

A+Net
http://www.abac.com/use.html

InterNex
http://support.internex.net/aup.html

Internet Portal
http://www.portal.ca/portal/policy/policy.html

Earhlink
http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies/aupolicy.html

AccessAbility
http://sample.ability.net/admin/doc/sysabuse.html

Netcom
http://www.netcom.com/netcom/aug.html

Netcom, Canada
http://www.netcom.ca/faq/legal-stuff.html

Duke University
http://www.oit.duke.edu/docs/isg/6.html#8

ibm.net
http://www.ibm.net/terms/index.html

Mindspring
http://www.mindspring.net/aboutms/policy.html

WebTV
http://webtv.net/home/tos_text2.html

flash.net
http://www.flash.net/use.html

dejanews.com
http://www.dejanews.com/info/postrules.shtml


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