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should be related to the Administration of Financial Aid.
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| "Job Wanted" postings are not permitted. Rather, we
suggest that you reflect your availability in your signature area. For
example:
Advisor position sought: www.myschool.edu/sallys_resume.html
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| "Position Available" postings are permitted.
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| Virus messages, email scams, and the like are not permitted. In
general, our individual organizations should have policies in place to deal
with these threats (virus software, for example). FINAID-L doesn't
need to be the vehicle for those types of announcements.
Exception: If your information regarding a threat has specific and direct
bearing on the Financial Aid community, please contact the listowners
for posting clearance.
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| Postings in excess of 200 lines are rejected. Shorten the message,
or provide a URL in the body of the message to point to other relevant
information.
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| Postings with attachments are rejected, with the exception of "plain
text" attachments.
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| The FINAID-L Digest is generated each night at 11:55 p.m. If
collective lines of postings on a particular day exceed 1750, the Digest is
generated immediately, and also at the scheduled time.
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the poster of the original message. You can redirect your reply to all
of FINAID-L, as appropriate, by manipulating the TO: address in your
message.
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Commands. If you are in need of further assistance, please contact
the listowners.
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for business purposes. Implicit in this statement is
advertising. For-profit entities are not permitted to use FINAID-L as
a vehicle for advertising their products or services. This includes
products and services for which there is no cost. Non-profit entities
and governmental agencies may post announcements regarding their products
and services, as long as they are applicable to Financial Aid
Administration.
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| Subscriptions for individuals whose email is bouncing will be suspended
(or deleted) and an attempt made to contact the site postmaster will be made
in most cases. Since bouncing email is evidence of a problem
somewhere, we are oftentimes unable to make contact with your
postmaster. Therefore, the only awareness you may have of the
situation may be the absence of FINAID-L postings in your mailbox
everyday. Contact the listowners
if you feel you have been suspended.
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indicating their absence from work and is directed to either all of
FINAID-L, the listowners, or the individual subscribers, will be suspended
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