Sometime today, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
But now I realise that what I was actually looking for
is the
set of guidelines that comes in the welcome message for new
members on the group ... things like "make sure no one else
has replied before you, etc."
rfc1855 - Netiquette Guidelines
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
I think that should be enough for anyone.
Manish