<h1 align="center">Contacting Submitters</h1>
  <ul class="toc">
    <li><a href="#obliged">If a submitter contacts me, am I obliged to reply?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#sue"> A submitter is threatening to sue me! What should I do?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#notlisting">I'd like to contact a submitter and tell them why 
      I'm not listing their site. Is this a good idea?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#tips">I'm going to contact a submitter. Do you have any tips?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#address">Can I have a @dmoz.org address to contact submitters?</a></li>
  </ul>
  
<p>On some occasions it may be necessary to communicate with a submitter about 
  an entry, but in general it is best to keep correspondence with submitters to 
  a minimum unless the submitter has initiated the exchange.Under no circumstances 
  should you represent in any communication to a submitter that you are speaking 
  for or on behalf of ODP Staff. If there is a problem with a submitter you should 
  contact Staff. </p>
  
<p>If you are contacted by anyone concerning ODP legal issues, contact staff at 
  <a href="mailto:staff@dmoz.org">staff@dmoz.org</a>. All legal issues or questions 
  should be handled by Staff. </p>
  <h3><b><a name="obliged"></a>If a submitter contacts me, am I obliged to reply?</b></h3>
  <p> No. You should reply only if you feel comfortable doing so. Many editors 
    have a general policy of never contacting submitters. </p>
  <h3><b><a name="sue"></a>A submitter is threatening to sue me! What should I 
    do?</b></h3>
  <p> Forward all communications, complete with headers if possible, to: <a href="mailto:staff@dmoz.org">staff@dmoz.org</a> 
  </p>
  <h3><b><a name="notlisting"></a></b>I'd like to contact a submitter and tell 
    them why I'm not listing their site. Is this a good idea?</h3>
  <p> In general, no. When people are notified of problems with their site they 
    are at best non-responsive, at worst abusive. However, this has to be considered 
    in context of the type of category that you edit; owner's of fan pages, for 
    instance, are generally far more receptive to advice, than on-line businesses. 
  </p>
  <h3><b><a name="tips"></a></b>I'm going to contact a submitter. Do you have 
    any tips?</h3>
  <ul>
    <li> Consider writing to them as a casual web browser, as opposed to an ODP 
      editor. </li>
    <li>Consider using a 'throwaway' e-mail address, e.g. one provided by <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</a>, 
      <a href="http://www.hotmail.com/">Hotmail</a>, or another <a href="http://dmoz.org:8080/Computers/Internet/E-mail/Free/Web-Based/">free 
      provider</a>. </li>
  </ul>
  <h3><b><a name="address"></a></b>Can I have a @dmoz.org address to contact submitters?</h3>
  <p> No. Such a feature has been requested, but denied. Reasons include: communications 
    sent from such addressees would appear official, when they are not; providing 
    and maintaining such a service would be too costly; and numerous free web-based 
    e-mail accounts already exist. </p>
