Basic ManchesterK Rules

• All messages sent to ManchesterK^® will need to be approved by the moderators - this is to ensure that it is totally appropriate. We will try our best to ensure that messages are passed on as soon as possible. It must be remembered however, that everyone already gets a lot of email anyway, so we would ask that posts be as concise as possible. The moderators reserve the right to reject or amend any email which they consider to be inappropriate for distribution to ManchesterK^® members.


• Unless it is absolutely relevant, please remove any portions of previous emails sent to you if you decide to pass a message on to ManchesterK^®. The moderators reserve the right to change the final content of any messages prior to publication.


• Attachments uploaded with a message, cannot exceed 2Mb in size. The system will reject them if they are larger than this. Only 1 attachment can be uploaded per message. If you have several pictures you would like to include in a message, we suggest that you merge them up so they form one attachment. Alternatively just tell people that you can send them the pictures by email.


• Most messages are free to send in. However a charge will be made for messages in the categories listed on the Conditions of Use page.


• If a charge is applicable, you will automatically be asked to enter your credit/debit details card details when placing the advert.

Guidelines

Unless there is an exceptional reason, all messages sent by members should have the full 'real name' of the sender either

• actually in the email address, or
• alongside the email address or
• in the body of the message.

Failure to disclose a sender's full name may cause us to reject the message. We will try to enforce this but we may well miss some - do forgive us! However people can post anonymously but a small additional charge will be incurred.

Unless a message is absolutely clear in its meaning it will be rejected or deleted. We cannot be held responsible for any delays this may cause.

Passing on messages for third parties will NOT be encouraged, especially if these parties are not members of ManchesterK^®. This rule will however be exercised at the moderator's discretion. Additionally the moderators will delete actual email addresses that appear in messages submitted, in order to reduce the proliferation of spam & for security reasons.

If members request recommendations then by all means reply to them, but don't actively recommend other people as a posting direct to ManchesterK^®. If you do wish to recommend anyone then please post your message using the 'Service Available' category - for which a small charge will be made. Even if you do recommend someone, this is still not an indication that ManchesterK^® would endorse the use of their services.

Cleaners or Au Pairs may be requested - If they are recommended by members, a small admin charge will apply, either to be paid to us by the cleaner or the member.

Members wishing to sell tickets for events must state the face value of the tickets to avoid other ManchesterK^®members from unknowingly being misled.

If you are selling, or giving away an article, then please have the derech eretz to deal with people in a business-like & fair manner.

The same derech eretz should also apply to people who require something.

Please have the courtesy to email people to say that you've either found something else, or that the item the person has is unsuitable. A 30 second email would make a world of difference!
 

Tradesmen

With regard to dealing with tradesman found via ManchesterK^®

It is up to you, as an ManchesterK^® member, to check the following:

• Whoever you let into your premises is suitably qualified for the work he/she will be undertaking
• The person(s) undertaking the work is/are fully insured for public liability.
• They provide a suitable receipt and guarantee

In addition:

When people use a tradesman recommended by another member would they please ensure that their conduct towards the tradesman does not compromise the existing relationship between the tradesman and the member recommending them.

Job Vacancies

All adverts offering jobs submitted to ManchesterK^® cannot contain more than 2 positions vacant. Multiple ads must be submitted if more positions need to be advertised.

Time Critical Messages

If you have information of a time critical nature eg a levayah, shivah or a serious warning that needs to go out quite urgently, please call either Lawrence on 07984 268 549 or Debbie on 07946 173 945 as soon as possible. This MUST always be done with these types of messages and we will try to accommodate your needs if we are able to. Failure to verbally inform us in reasonable time may cause the information not to be sent out at the correct time. Whilst we will make every effort to comply with your wishes we cannot be held responsible for any disappointments.

Reading ManchesterK^® Messages

We spend quite a time trying to ensure that all messages are 'cleaned up' before they are distributed so that members can make a quick decision as to whether to read them or not. Indeed we don't always approve every message that is sent in.

Please do not feel that you HAVE to read all of the messages - or even any of them! An rolling archive containing a history of the messages that have been approved over the last 6 months is held on the ManchesterK^® website - and you are free to reply to them there if you wish.

Password Guidelines

The following are the basic rules that should be used when creating a password.  We do not guarantee that they will prevent a hacker guessing a password nor can they prevent loss of identity but they are common sense solutions to an ever increasing risk. In the modern world there are many people who are trying to steal your identify, with more and more commerce on the Internet, increasing the complexity of your password may help defend against attacks. No guarantees but try the following where the system permits.

1) Password should contain a combination of ALPha-Numer1c and Puncuat!on (letters, numbers and symbols) with upper and lower case

2) The longer the better, at least 8 characters, an easy to remember phrase for example "G0odY0mt0v" has zeros in place of "o"  see rule 3

3) None of the words can be found in an English or Hebrew transliterated dictionary.  For example w0rd spelt with a zero is not a dictionary word but hackers are wise to this.

4) Try and use different password for different websites. Nothing to stop use of the name of the website in the password but intersperse the name with punctuation or numbers.

5) Do not write down the password on a piece of paper that is stuck to the computer. If you must keep a hard copy hide it away separate from your computer equipment.

6) Do not use social clues to you password such as a pet's name, family name or common derivative of your name, or a website name where it's readable. So if your name is Elizabeth try "b3Tty" but certainly not "Betty".

And one final tip

7) Remember to change your passwords fairly frequently especially on bank or other secure personal sites

Hackers are looking for easy targets so purely readable names, that resemble your user name and are short are easy to guess, if dictionary words are used then hackers have software that tries every dictionary word available and finally the hackers use what is called brute force where they sequentially go through every letter, number and punctuation combination. They will find the password eventually but a good secure system would recognise an attack of this nature.