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The MCAA Courier Discussion Forum is for the public exchange of ideas, questions, and news pertaining to the messenger courier industry.The purpose of this list is to ask questions and exchange information that will help you run your courier business. If you know the answer to a question, please take a minute to respond. By participating, you make this list valuable and hopefully it will be a resource you can use when in need. For a listing of archived messages go to http://lists.mcaa.com/info/archives/. The forum is moderated and all posts must be approved by the moderator before they will be sent to the group.

PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE POSTING TO THE LIST

First a few things to remember (our ten commandments)

1. To send to the list (and hence to all list subscribers), address an e-mail to: info@lists.mcaa.com

2. The list is moderated (i.e. all posts must be reviewed and approved by a moderator before it gets posted to the list) - no post will be approved if it does not meet our guidelines. A moderated list allows us to cut out junk and irrelevant messages and save time for our members. It also ensures that no inappropriate messages go out over the list that could be construed as being anti-competitive.

3. Include your name, the name of your company, and your location in your email so everyone knows who is posting.

4. You will have the option when responding to a post of either sending your response to the entire list or just the person who made the post. Please don't post a follow-up to the whole list unless you have something important to add. Feel free to communicate with other listmembers "off the list" (directly), especially on topics that are only of interest to a small subset of listmembers.

5. Don't try to send short "me to" or "I agree" responses to the list - they will not be posted - send them to the original sender only. Please be considerate of the moderators; they have to read every post. Instead, send these types of encouraging comments directly to the previous poster.

6. Do not send commercials for your business to the list - they will not be posted - if someone requests information, send it directly to them; not the whole list. Messenger Courier World magazine has room for both Press Releases containing industry news as well as display advertising. Please utilize MCAA's official magazine for promoting your product or service.

7. Participate - If you know the answer to a question posted to the list, please take a moment to respond. Please tell others in the courier business about this list and help make this a community from which everyone can benefit.

8. Do not discuss pricing - what you charge, market allocation, what you should charge, etc. (Please see the legal guidelines below for more details) This could be a violation of federal and state anti-trust laws. If you do discuss pricing, your post will be denied or you will be asked to modify your post to remove the reference.

9. Be nice - remember your message, if approved, is going out to hundreds of others and will be archived on the internet for listmembers to see.

10. If responding to a post only "quote" the relevant part of the post to which you are responding. This will allow others to easily see what you are responding to without having to wade though large amounts of text.

The old YahooGroups list discussions going back to May 1999 will remain archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MCAA

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You may not send any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive or illegal materials.

You may not send messages that discuss, suggest or act to allow participation in any plan or means regarding the price of products or services, the allocation of markets or any 
matter that is or may constitute a violation of any state or federal antitrust law.

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