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- Version 02, 8/23/2011
New Members Message
[BilltownDance] Yahoo
Group
Dear [BilltownDance] Member,
- THANKS for being a part of the North Central Pennsylvania [BilltownDance]
Listserver email network.
- This message is sent to all subscribers upon joining, and
periodically thereafter to the entire list.
-
- 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 browse the whole message.
-
- If you have any questions
about any of the below information
- please telephone me 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:
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1. Introduction
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2. Automatic Message
Sorting
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3. Unsubscribing
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4. Re-Subscribing
(when your address changes)
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5. Accessing The
Message Archives
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6. How You Can Help 'Grow'
This Listserver
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7. Contacting the
Volunteer Moderator
== 1.
INTRODUCTION
- WELCOME to the "BilltownDance" Yahoo Group,
- This file is being automatically sent to you by the Yahoo
eGroup Listserver because you have joined -- or else a moderator has
added your name to the group.
- The purpose of this volunteer-operated system -- is to provide a
FREE announcement service, for all
ballroom, swing, and singles dances in the Williamsport,
Pennsylvania region.
- See the associated web page at BilltownDance.com , for links to
Yahoo groups in OTHER cities.
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WHAT'S A LISTSERVER??
- A Listserver (aka Yahoo eGroup) works similar to a newspaper.
- When an announcment is sent,
- the Listserver automatically distributes it to all 'subscribers'.
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- It's almost the perfect system, because:
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- it's FREE to both announcers and readers
- People can SUBSCRIBE and 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 ANYBODY from any browser from any
computer anywhere.
- We can give any qualified announcer wanting to send
legitimate North Central Pa dance announcements 'Posting Privileges',
which allows them to send to our database of names that we have been
working to build up these past 10 years.
- .
- IDENTIFICATION -- The Listserver automatically adds the
'subject tag' [BilltownDance] at the beginning of the subject
line, so you will know the message come to you via the Listserver.
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ANNOUNCE ONLY --
- This group is set up to be 'announce only',
- so only 'approved announcers' can post announcements.
- I.e., it is not a discussion group.
LISTSERVER HELP & OTHER INFO
- HELP -- Additional information on how the Listserver
operates
- is on the 'Listserver
Help' web page .
== 2.
AUTOMATIC MESSAGE
SORTING
- We recommend you create a separate email mailbox named '[BilltownDance]'
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 ''[BilltownDance]" into that
mailbox.
-
- All email programs have this filtering capability. Setting up
this Rule will prevent Inbox clutter from Listserver messages
accumulating in your Inbox.
== 3.
UNSUBSCRIBING
- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this group any time
- you no longer want to receive these announcements.
-
- You simply send a blank email (no subject, no body)
- to the 'unsubscribe address',
- dances-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
.
- Then just hit the 'Reply' button in response to the
confirmation request that Yahoo will send you.
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- This 'unsubscribe address' will also be in
the 'Moderators Notes'
- at the bottom of most every email, for your
convenient reference.
== 4.
RE-SUBSCRIBING
(WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES)
- You can also SUBSCRIBE a new address to this group any time.
-
- You simply send a blank email (no subject, no body)
- to the 'subscribe address'
- dances-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
.
- Then just hit the 'Reply' button in response to the
confirmation request that Yahoo will send you.
-
- Be sure you send this request using your NEW address, because
the Listserver performs the requested action for whatever email address
you are using.
-
- This 'subscribe address' will also be in
the 'Moderators Notes
- at the bottom of every email you receive
from the Listserver.
-
- Please try to do this 'resubscribing' process yourself. It's
not that difficult.
- If you ask a volunteer to do this task for
you, then they have to stop what they are doing, and essentially spend
time "digitally wiping your rear end" for you.
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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.
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- 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.
-
- Hotmail gets bad reviews, and is NOT recommended.
== 5.
ACCESSING THE MESSAGE ARCHIVES
MESSAGE ARCHIVES --
- The Yahoo Listserver automatically makes an 'archive web page copy' of
every announcement sent in the "Message Archives".
- You can
browse these archives messages by going to the 'Listserver
Home Page'
- ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dances ) ;
- then use the 'Messages' link in the left menu bar to view
messages.
== 6. HOW
YOU CAN HELP
'GROW' THIS LISTSERVER
- Any time you attend a new event you saw on this
Listserver,
- where you have not been before and are a "new
face",
- please tell the organizers
- "I saw your announcement on the Listserver",
- so that they know their announcements are being
seen.
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- Encourage your friends to subscribe themselves.
- The larger the membership, the better the chances
that
- publicity people will be motivated to use the
Listserver.
-
- This should be a "win-win". The more you
motivate announcers to post events,
- the more events you'll have to choose from.
== 7.
CONTACTING THE VOLUNTEER
MODERATOR
- Any questions not answered by this message,
please email me a telephone number,
- or leave a message on my below voicemail number.
- (I do not like trying to conduct discussions by
typing lots of email.)
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- THANKS, Listserver Moderator, James R. Ingram, Williamsport PA
- Voicemail/landline: (570) 322-7597.
- Email address at bottom of Track2
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