In the Jewish tradition, one asks forgiveness for one's sins on the
High Holy Days, which have just passed. In the form of one of the
prayers comes this one.
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Listserv Repentance

For the sin we have committed in posting copyrighted material to the
listserv,

and for the sin we have committed by forwarding virus warnings, NEA
appeals, and dying child requests.

For the sin we have committed in harshly judging other List members
by their spelling or use of punctuation,

and for the sin we have committed in posting a message without
spell-checking it first.

For the sin we have committed by raising our voice through the
over-use of capital letters,

and for the sin we have committed in lowercasing the pronoun "I" as
an original and clever expression of language.

For the sin we have committed in rushing to delete overly long
messages and those with the name of a digest on the subject line,

and for the sin we have committed in responding to the List by simply
pressing the Reply key.

For the sin we have committed in posting "unsubscribe" and other
server commands to the List itself,

and for the sin we have committed in enjoying what were obviously
private messages sent to the List in error.

For the sin we have committed in assuming that anyone with e-mail
also has access to the Web, U.S. television, and the spiritual
foundation with which we were raised,

and for the sin we have committed in believing that our gentle digs
and tongue-in-cheek comments could never be misinterpreted.

For the sin we have committed in analyzing an innocent comment to death,

and for the sin we have committed in failing to recognize that for
some List members, rebutting one piece of a post is the best way to
show that the whole message was taken seriously.

For the sin we have committed in posting how everyone should take it
easy and not be so sensitive,

and for the sin we have committed in feeling personally insulted by
another List member's inability to master netiquette and an
undetermined portion of their real world lives.

For the sin we have committed in trying to post attachments to the List,

and for the sin we have committed in believing that our bonds with
the List community were a replacement for neighborhood, volunteer,
and other real world attachments.

For the sin we have committed in feeling superior to List members
whose self-revelations have actually taught us valuable lessons,

and for the sin we have committed in forgetting that the archives are
searchable, and that sharing confidential information about people
who may someday seek it out is an act of honesty that could
eventually harm the innocent.

For the sin we have committed in fearing on-line disagreements as
divisive and dangerous, forgetting that our community is truly
multifaceted,

and for the sin we have committed by not attempting to start a new
thread if the List seemed to need a different direction.

For these and other sins, some are guilty, all are responsible for
the Send button.