Hi Mike, I see you're doing basically what I described; giving positive mention (why would I want to bother making negative mention of someone and giving a link?)of a web site, and a link to get there. By the way, you may want to double-check your date meter...:) Here is= an interesting link about 'netiquette' on giving interesting links; http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/permission.txt --- "Mike mikebike-at-telus.net |24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx|" <...> = wrote: From: "Mike mikebike-at-telus.net |24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxx= g|" <...> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:37:22 -0800 To: ...........= ............. Subject: [24hoursupport] Re: Netiquette; smilie :) = Hi Oe, I try to give credit when I post something from the web, and= send a copy to the person. Check the web page to see if the material= is copyrighted. See sample of how I do it on my web page<G> I use plain text so the smilies don't work. It is probably the re= sult of a javascript/applet on the web page. Mike ~ It is a good day= if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see ~ http://www.mwn.= ca <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe> = See my Anti-Virus pages <http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/mikes_virus_p= age.htm> <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe>A Technical Support Alliance &OWTA Charter Member ******* Mi= ke's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 1/28/2005 at 9:10 PM 0e60wq102@sn= eakemail.com wrote: I have two questions. First, if you have a we= b site, is it alright to mention what someone else has posted, not actua= lly posting it, but giving the link to their site, without asking them? = I'm a little 'gray' on this, so please don't get upset. If I already was= sure, I wouldn't bother asking. Secondly. I like the old-fashioned = smilie, made of a colon and a right parenthesis. I don't care so much fo= r the yellow-faced gif it translates into. Is there some way to frame th= e colon and right parenthesis in some kind of brackets, to prevent the e= mail engine from translating it into a gif? Thank you. Oe6= For a web-based membership management utility and information o= n list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsub= scribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "uns= ubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject. = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://Flower.LocalStreets.com - A Network Of Top Florists For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject.