Sometime today, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
But now I realise that what I was actually looking for is the set of guidelines that comes in the welcome message for new members on the group ... things like "make sure no one else has replied before you, etc."
rfc1855 - Netiquette Guidelines http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
I think that should be enough for anyone.
Manish