A spoof intended to educate new Internet users about thinking before forwarding virus hoaxes and urban legends.

Gives a general introduction to e-mail, and then offers guidelines for sending, receiving, and replying to messages.

Gives advice on manners and formatting in electronic communications, with an emphasis on email.

Provides guidelines dealing with quoting, smilies, salutations, digital signatures, privacy, abbreviations, flaming, and newsgroups.

Six things not to do when sending email.

Offers a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts" to help e-mail users avoid basic mistakes.

Informal rules for email and email lists.

Reasons not to use HTML emails.

Gives several suggestions on how to format and compose a message.

A few guidelines on the practice of good manners and courtesy.