<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid403" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Many of you have been members of the bind-users mailing list for many years, and have both given and received advice to/from other participants. So you understand what a helpful and caring community it can be. </span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid404" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid530" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We appreciate all of you who generously share your expertise here, and we want to protect the list for everyone. We have taken the difficult decision to ban one participant who has repeatedly belittled or scorned others who, in his judgement, lacked expertise or understanding. Even though he often gave good technical advice, his harsh tone was making the environment feel hostile for others.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid197" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid211" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If a few posters are unpleasant to users who are confused, misinformed, or inexpert, it can discourage many others reading the list from participating. At this time we want to remind everyone to please:</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid9" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid121" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Be friendly and patient.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid122" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Be welcoming.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid123" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Be considerate.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid124" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Be respectful.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid125" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Choose your words carefully. Remember that many list subscribers are not native English-speakers.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid126" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Understand that posters are looking for advice and help, not criticism. Excessive criticism merely discourages people from asking for help. </span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid16" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid402" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We realize it can be difficult to be patient when you think the poster is wasting your time, is lazy, or is obscuring their data unnecessarily, but it is always an option to not reply if you cannot maintain a helpful attitude. Remember that every post has many other readers and that you are not required to answer. </span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid18" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid128" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We would like to remind all participants on this list that this community has a code of conduct. </span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid129" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The code of conduct is at </span><span class=" url" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(46, 150, 243); cursor: pointer !important;" class="">https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a></span><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, and it is linked in the description of the bind-users mailing list (</span><span class=" url" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(46, 150, 243); cursor: pointer !important;" class="">https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users</a></span><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">).</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid21" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid130" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you see a post on this list that you think is in violation of the code of conduct, please alert one of the moderators by emailing <a href="mailto:conduct@isc.org" class="">conduct@isc.org</a>. We do periodically moderate discussions that get overheated, and repeated violators will be banned permanently.</span></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid23" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid131" class="ace-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(72, 83, 101); color: rgb(72, 83, 101); font-family: Quicksand, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- The moderators (Ondrej Sury, Chuck Stearns, Vicky Risk)</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br class=""></span></div></body></html>