Jennifer.....

The only problem with the E-Groups is that it's virtually
IMPOSSIBLE to get the, to STOP sending one their unsolicited
weekly reports listing their new members for that week.

I'm speaking from experience, too!  And I followed the log off
directions, and STILL receive there email.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!

Barb Mallut
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fleming, Jennifer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Get me off this list


>I know that I am new here, but I thought I might introduce you to
a service
>called egroups.  You can find out about their services at
>http://www.egroups.com/info/features.html.  I think that they
would be a
>great tool for you guys.  They provide a chat room and online
polling.  This
>is just a few of their many services. I know about them, because
I am on
>another support group through them.  All of your emails would go
through
>them and be archived there.  They will help you transfer your
group if you
>have over 500 members.  Just a thought.
>
>Jen, Dad w/ PD 55/39
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Cottingham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 10:02 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Get me off this list
>
>
>It has been my observation that Parkinsn membership motivation is
related
>to wanting a question answered. Most folks have tunnel vision and
refuse to
>read anything that doesn't relate to their interest. The old
saying, "You
>can lead a horse to water..but you can't make him/her drink"
applies to the
>readership.
>
>Periodic postings don't reach those folks. People don't relate
P-I-E-O to
>Parkinsn so they think P-I-E-N-O postings aren't meant to provide
useful
>information for them. If the list had an annual resubscription
requirement,
>only the core of Parkinsn, about 200 people, would remain from
year to year.
>
>The longer folks stay, and their memory wanders is the motivation
of the
>periodic postings.
>
>Mail screening works but useful information is lost by those who
are in a
>fix and need to do something with their subscription.
>
>The new breed of surfer and subscriber demands instant
gratification and
>detailed instructions while clear and concise and tolerated by
veterans of
>the net, are no longer suitable. The new folks don't get it that
a machine
>rather than a parkie or volunteer handles subscriptions. There
are no
>employees here.
>
>I've tweaked the address of the page with the mail management
buttons so
>that it won't wrap in email and work to initiate your default
browser and
>go to the page.
>
>The tweaked address for the P-I-E-N-O maillist page is:
>
>http://parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/parkmai
l/
>
>Don't worry about the Notice page that appears, you will be taken
to the
>proper page.
>
>
>Click on the button that applies to your Parkinsn mail option.
When you
>move the mouse over the buttons, a description of what the button
does
>appears.
>
>What happens when you click a Mail Management button is your
default email
>program opens and the email is preaddressed and the appropriate
information
>is automatically inserted into the body of the message. With the
exception
>of the Subscribe button which requires a FirstName and LastName,
the
>commands are complete. Just send the message. Depending on the
net, the
>listserv or your email provider, an acknowledgement message from
the
>listserv will appear in your mailbox.
>
>Requirements:
>
>You must interact with the listserv from the same email address
that you
>used when subscribing. If you have changed ISPs, unless the mail
settings
>for the old ISP are still in your email program, it won't work.
>
>Give the listserv a day to reply. If you are using one of the
free email
>addresses or AOL even though you click the send button on your
email
>program, your ISP may not send your message over the internet for
hours,
>minutes or days.
>
>If you click on a Mail Management button and your email program
doesn't
>open or nothing is placed in the body of the message, your
browser's email
>settings are set wrong. If you use another browser also, try it.
>
>
>
>[log in to unmask]   Search the parkinsn archive online at:
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>                Catch the Parkinsn's List Online messages at:
>
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>             Click the navigation ads and use the new search
tools
>John Cottingham