Netiquette

Many members realize that mistakes happen and choose to simply hit the ‘delete’ button when they receive many e-mails that are of no interest or do not apply to them. However, if everyone considered the guidelines below, it could be a more pleasant experience!

CESNET-L is a listserv for counselor educators and supervisors and as such the discussion should be on topics related to counselor education and supervision. If you cannot keep your posts focused on counselor education and supervision, you will be dropped from the list without notification.
CESNET-L is not a public or ACES (Association for Counselor Education and Supervision) listserv, and as such, the Listowner has the right to monitor what is posted on the site. The Internet provides lots of opportunities for people to ring the bell on their own personal causes in the “advancement of the profession”. CESNET is not the place for that. Should you have a beef with someone, take it to them, not a public forum. The listowner doesn’t have to “reserve the right” to remove someone from the list, he already has it.
CESNET-L will not tolerate posts meant to incite, slander, or claim legal issues against any person or entity. Those posts put the list and listowner at legal risk, and violate the purpose of the list. The post, poster, and subsequent messages will be removed from the list.
Similar to postal mail and emails, it is good netiquette to include your name and contact information in the signature field of your post. This will make it easier for those intending to respond directly to you when they reply using your email address.
Please edit your replies to include relevant content from past response(s) that connects to your content. Nobody likes to receive the complete history of everyone’s posts on the topic attached to your email.
Be sure your subject line matches the topic. If there is a sudden change in topic by you or others, make sure to change the subject line to reflect it.
Ensure you respond to your intended audience. Check “To:” field on your email before you press ‘Send”
You have two options when responding, directly to the sender or to the entire list serve. Please note your intention before hitting send. It is important that all replies be addressed to the person or group of persons to which you actually wish to respond:
Check the “To:” or “Reply” address field before you send your response to assure that the response is going to the intended party. If your response is a request of the original person posting, you may have to put their email address in the reply field, and not send your reply to the whole group.
Look, before you send.
Once it is sent, you can’t unsend it and I can’t intervene
Do not send “me too” replies to the whole list
Additionally, users will become frustrated with lengthy posts/discussions that do not apply to them. If the original message required you to reply to the list, or if you are certain your comments would be of use by all, only then is it appropriate to send to the whole list..
If the Listowner informs you to “take this discussion off the list”, do so, or he will exercise his responsibility to the list by taking you off the list.
Please be kind and respectful to all participants.
Resist the temptation to “flame” others. Especially the list manager. This includes members of the list and members and entities not on the list.
Keep on Topic
Please keep the message on the topic. Please do not post messages unless they are of direct interest to the list. Do not over-quote. Include only the specific information you’re responding to, and remove the rest.
Please only post responses that will add to the discussion. No need to post comments such as, “Testing”, “I agree”, “I would like that also”, or “thank you for responding.”
Please refrain from posting commercial messages, self-promotion, or advertisements to lists.
The listserv is not to be used to seek referral counselors in other locations. This is not a reliable or ethical way to find services for your clients and risks the possibility that you will provide identifying client information. The listserv is not a secure environment for transmitting patient/resident information (HIPPA) nor suited for contractual comments/questions or other sensitive information.
The listerv is not to be used by faculty to have their students solicit responses for classroom assignments. This is an inappropriate use of the list and is considered spamming.
Faculty sharing resources and perhaps the latest projects or publications are considered acceptable use for the listserv. For-profit businesses and practices attempting to use the list for advertising will not be permitted or dropped from the list.
Do not send or forward personal emails to the list without obtaining the consent of the original writer. This is a violation of privacy and copyright.
Do not send attachments. CESNET-L does not accept attachments.
Posts with any graphic format or attachments are automatically rejected by CESNET-L. We often see this with members trying to post employment positions in PDF or as a Word attachment and with those cute little university emblems embedded in your signature (yes, they are graphics). You should copy and paste the document’s text into the message section of the email to post only the text.
Do not send administrative messages (e.g. unsubscribe requests) to the list. At the bottom of each post, there are directions on how to unsubscribe from the list which you can find on this website.
You are limited to 2 posts per 24-hour period. This was established to limit someone from hijacking the list and leaving a place for everyone’s voice to be heard.