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 ===Formatting Posts===
-All posts should have the same basic format- it should be in plain text (not HTML, as the newsgroup doesn't post in HTML format), and should not have lines longer than about 60-70 characters in length.  Now, most e-mail and word editors nowadays will automatically handle the formatting so it will fit properly when posted...but they all don't.  If you are using a plain text editor, you need to be careful here- if a line is too long, it will show up as a whole line followed by a partial in the post.  This, like poor spelling, is disconcerting to the reader, and will only encourage someone to ignore your post.
+All posts should have the same basic format- it should be in plain text (not HTML, as the newsgroup doesn't post in HTML format), and should not have lines longer than about 60-70 characters in length.  Now, most e-mail and word editors will automatically handle the formatting so it will fit properly when posted...but not all of them do this.  If you are using a plain text editor, you need to be careful here.  If a line is too long, it will show up as a whole line followed by a partial one in the post.  This, like poor spelling, is disconcerting to the reader and will only encourage someone to ignore your post.
 ===Obscenities===