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Commercial and/or recruiting "spam" will not be tolerated in the forums. Our forums are member-policed.  Offending posters will be dealt with sternly.


The following activities can result in deletion of posts, deletion of threads and/or restriction of further site usage. Members who engage in any of the following activities may be flagged by the membership. Management of this site does not read any post unless it has been red flagged by a member. In no particular order, here are some common offenses:
• Selling
• Recruiting
• Profanity
• Cross Posting
• Tack-On Posting. If you have a new question, start a new thread.
• Arguing in an Unprofessional Manner
• Posting of Personal Information
• Posting Anything Illegal (including hacking, cracking, passwords, etc.)
• Defamatory Posting
• Shill Posting, or posting made at the behest of a company
• Leeching (members posting only questions, and never helping others)
• Irritating Other Members


On the other hand, members are expected to:
• Search Google, Previous Posts, and FAQs Prior to Posting.
• Write Intelligent Questions And Use Descriptive Subject Lines
• Thank Other Members For Help Received 
• Help Other Members
• Flag Offensive Posts
• Be Professional

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