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- Version 9/15/2008.
Automatic Join & Reminder
Message
The Hill [17754] Yahoo
Group
Dear Hill Listserver Member,
- Thanks for being a part of the Hill's
[17754] Listserver email network.
- This message is sent to all subscribers
upon joining, and periodically thereafter to the entire list. If
this message hasn't been updated since the last time you read it,
feel free to move on to the next post.
-
- If you're new to the group or want a
quick refresher on how this email group works, please read on!
This message contains essential knowledge for all members and will
answer MANY common new-user questions, so please take the time to
read it through.
-
- If you have any questions
about any of the below information
- please telephone me, the volunteer
Moderator, James Ingram, using the contact info at the end
of this message.
- Setting up some of the operations
described below may require you to CONSULT with someone familiar
with them; going into all the necessary details is beyond the
scope of this document.
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- Sections
Below:
- The Key
Points
- 1.
Introduction
- 2.
Automatic Message Sorting
- 3.
Unsubscribing
- 4.
Re-Subscribing (when your address
changes)
- 5.
Additional Listserver Information
- 6.
Contacting the Volunteer Moderator
== THE KEY
POINTS
- This Listserver group is configured to be
completely PRIVATE. Other members cannot see your address, unless
you send a message.
- The general public (and this includes the
Spammers) can see NOTHING -- not the messages, not addresses . . .
nothing.
- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this group any
time you want -- although we hope you won't.
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- You can send a message to the entire
group by using the address 17754@yahoogroups.com
. Put this address in your address book, so it will always be
correct.
- Please avoid sending excessive
messages, or any "chit-chat" type messages, as
people will
unsubscribe if they get too many
messages with information that is not really useful to
them.
- There are some additional notes on the
The Hill's Web Page at 17754.org
(forwards to track2.com/hill) .
== 1.
INTRODUCTION
- This file is being automatically sent to
you by the Yahoo eGroup Listserver because
the moderator James Ingram has added your name to the group -- or
else the Listserver is sending an automatic monthly 'reminder'
message.
Purpose Of This Group:
- This Yahoo Discussion Listserver Group,
is mainly for discussion about sewer lateral upgrades on "The
Hill" that are required to be completed by May 2010 Sewer Lateral
hookup.
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- WHAT IS "THE HILL": "The Hill" is
considered to be the houses located along Lincoln Drive &
Blair Street area east of Sycamore Road -- where the road starts
going up the hill. This area is in zip code 17754. Montoursville,
Pennsylvania,
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WHAT'S A LISTSERVER??
- A Listserver (aka Yahoo eGroup) works
similar to a newspaper.
- When a message is sent,
- the Listserver automatically distributes
it to all 'subscribers'.
-
- This group sends email messages for sewer
issues for the Hill, .
-
- It's an ideal system, because:
- it's FREE
- People can UNSUBSCRIBE themselves as
they wish
- Thus NOBODY should be receiving
announcements that does not want them.
- It automatically creates a 'web
archive page' of each announcement, that can be viewed by
members who have a "Yahoo ID to log in.
.
IDENTIFICATION -- The Listserver
automatically adds the 'subject tag' [17754] at the
beginning of the subject line, so you will know the message came to
you via the Listserver.
== 2. AUTOMATIC MESSAGE
SORTING
- We recommend you consider creating a
separate email mailbox named 'Hill' or '[17754]' or
similar. Then use your email program to create a 'Rule'
(sometimes called 'filter') that will automatically sort
any incoming messages with 'Subject Tag' of '[17754]' into
the 'Hill' mailbox.
-
- Most common "POP" programs (Apple Mail,
Microsfoft Outlook Express) email programs have this "Rule"
capability. Setting up this Rule will prevent Inbox clutter
from Listserver messages accumulating in your Inbox.
-
Problems
- If you're using the free Yahoo web email,
I don't think you have this capablilty. An option here might be to
get a free Gmail (Gmail.com) from Google, and then forward that to
your actual Comcast or Verizon address, where you can set up a
filter using Outlook Express, or whatever program is on your
computer.
== 3. UNSUBSCRIBING
- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this group any
time
- you no longer want to receive
announcements from this Listserver.
-
We hope you won't unsubscribe, but you
always have that option.
-
- You simply send a blank email (no
subject, no body)
- to the 'unsubscribe
address',
- 17754-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
.
- (case
insensitive)
- Then just hit the 'Reply' button
in response to the confirmation request that Yahoo will send
you.
-
- This 'unsubscribe
address' will also be in the 'Moderators Notes'
- at the bottom of every
email, for your convenient reference.
== 4. RE-SUBSCRIBING
(WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES)
- This group is PRIVATE, so you cannot
resubsscribe yourself.
- You'll need to get your new address to
Jim Ingram.
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- Alternate Method: Gmail Address --
Another method is to get a free Gmail address from Google
(Gmail.com), and subscribe it to any
Yahoo groups you belong to. Then you can forward the Gmail
address to your actual address.
- Then if your actual address changes
again, you just change the forwarding address ONCE in Gmail, and
all your Listserver messages are now forwarded to your new
address.
-
Hotmail gets bad reviews, and is
NOT recommended.
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Options (If you belong to more than 1 Yahoo
group)
- Alternate Method 1: Yahoo
ID -- Note that if you belong to
multiple Yahoo groups and your email address changes:
- You can update the address ONCE in Yahoo,
rather than having to unsubscribe and resubscribe to several
groups.
-
- To do this, you first need to get a
'Yahoo ID', then 'link' it to your actual email address
using your Yahoo 'Profile'. Consult someone familiar with this
process for more info.
-
- Alternate Method 2: Gmail Address
-- Another method is to get a free Gmail address from Google
(Gmail.com), and subscribe it to any
Yahoo groups you belong to. Then you can forward the Gmail
address to your actual address.
- Then if your actual address
changes, you just change the forwarding address ONCE in Gmail, and
all your Listserver messages are now forwarded to your new
address.
== 5. ADDITIONAL
LISTSERVER INFORMATION
DISCUSSION --
- This group is configured to be
'discussion',
- so all members can post
announcements.
- I.e., it is not a "announcement" group,
where only specified members can send announcements.
MESSAGE ARCHIVES --
- The Yahoo Listserver automatically stores
an 'archive copy' of every announcement sent in the "Message
Archives".
- These archives are private. If you
had a Yahoo ID that is subscribed to the Listserver, you could
login and browse the messages by going to the 'Listserver
Home Page'
- ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/17754 )
;
- then use the 'Messages' link in
the left menu bar to view messages.
LISTSERVER HELP
- HELP -- Additional information on
how the Listserver operates
- is on the Track2.com Listserver
Help web page, and also the
Yahoo
Groups Help Pages
.
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== 6. CONTACTING THE VOLUNTEER
MODERATOR
- Any questions not answered by
this message,
please call me on the telephone.
- (I do not like trying to
conduct discussions by typing lots of email.)
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- THANKS, Listserver Moderator, James R.
Ingram, Montoursville PA
- Voicemail/landline: (570)
322-7597.
- Email address at bottom of
Track2
Home Page
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