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- Version 01b, 1/26/2009.
New Members
Message
for the [Loyalsock1966]
Yahoo Group
Dear Class of '66 Listserver
Member,
- Thanks for being a part of the Class of
66's [Loyalsock1966] 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.
-
- Sections
Below:
- 1. The
Key Points
- 2.
Overview
- 3.
Courtesy
- 4.
Automatic Message Sorting
- 5.
Unsubscribing
- 6.
Re-Subscribing (when your address
changes)
- 7.
Additional Listserver Information
- 8.
Contacting the Volunteer Moderator
== 1. 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 loyalsock1966@yahoogroups.com
. Put this address in your address book, so it will always be
correct.
- Please avoid sending EXCESSIVE
messages, as people
will unsubscribe if they get too many
messages with information that is not really interesting to
them.
- There is some additional information on
the Loyalsock 1966 Web Page at
Loyalsock1966.com
(forwards to loyalsock1966.blogspot.com) .
== 2.
OVERVIEW
Purpose Of This Group:
- This Yahoo Discussion Listserver Group is
for any kind of discussion between 1966 class members
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'.
-
- 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' [Loyalsock1966]
at the beginning of the subject line, so you will know the message
came to you via the Listserver.
== 3.
COURTESY
- Attachment Size -- Please try to keep any
attachments under 100 Kbyes in size.
REASON: Several members of this group are using telephone dial-up
modems, and large attachments will CHOKE their modems.
Note: The group can also be set to "html off", which means no
attachments, and all the text will be plain text. We're trying it
with "html allowed" to start out.
- General -- No derogatory or abusive
comments will be tolerated in this group. Members doing so will
have their "Posting Privileges" revoked.
== 4. AUTOMATIC MESSAGE
SORTING
- We recommend you consider creating a
separate email mailbox named 'Loyalsock1966' or '[1966]'
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
'[Loyalsock1966]' into the '1966' 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, and
eventually irritating you.
-
Problems
- If you're using the free Yahoo web email,
I don't think you have this capablilty.
- An option might be to get a free Gmail
(Gmail.com) from Google, and then forward that Gmail address to
your actual Comcast or Verizon address, where you can set up a
filter using Outlook Express, or whatever program is on your
computer.
== 5. 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',
- loyalsock1966-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.
== 6. RE-SUBSCRIBING
(WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES)
- This group is PRIVATE, so you cannot
resubscribe yourself.
- You'll need to send your new address to
Jim Ingram or one of the other moderators.
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: Keep a permanent
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.
== 7. 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/loyalsock1966 ) ;
- 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 Ingram's Track2.com
Listserver
Help web page, and also the
Yahoo
Groups Help Pages
.
-
== 8. 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.)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 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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