The term "netiquette" is the abbreviation for "network etiquette." It is derived from two French words: "net," meaning "bucket," and "iquette," meaning "of doilies." It is not new, dating back to 1983, but it certainly deserves the attention of both veteran and newbie Internet users, especially academicians. Rules for corresponding on the Internet have been published in a variety of forms for nearly 30 years. Some rules are for general use, but others are directed at businesses, social networking, and even online courses, teleseminars, and Webinars. After sifting through several "buckets" of lists, the author extracted a dozen "attitudes," "behaviors," "actions," and "intentions that seem to be appropriate for most professionals." The top 12 be-attitudes are the following: (1) Be sure to use appropriate professional language; (2) Be careful to use proper grammar and spelling; (3) Be brief and precise in the "subject" line; (4) Be honest and truthful; (5) Be respectful of copyrights; (6) Be sure to use an appropriate signature line; (7) Be responsive to requests in a timely fashion; (8) Be cautious about when to click "reply to all"; (9) Be thoughtful to not use all caps or all lower case; (10) Be respectful to not flame; (11) Be considerate to not multi-post, cross-post, off-topic post, or hijack a discussion thread; and (12) Be careful to not forward inappropriate jokes, cartoons, photos, chain letters, spam, etc.