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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHN , BARBARA, JANET.AND ALL THE POEPLE MAKE THE LIST WHAT I S THANK YOU apple To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 7:27 AM Subject: Maximizing Your Parkinsn Subscription Repost > November 9th is the birthday anniversary of the Parkinsn List. On November > 9th, 1993, the first messages distributed by the listserv at the University > of Toronto arrived in mail boxes. The world wide web didn't exist yet as we > know it today. Our first members were mainly folks that were involved with > universities or professionals who used computers in connection with their > work but they all shared the dream of Barbara Patterson, sharing information > about Parkinson's around the world. > > A little over a year ago Barbara and I took the next step in the progression > of the Parkinsn List by making some of the most recent Parkinsn messages > available over the web as they were distributed by the listserv to mailboxes > around the world. > > Since November 9th, 1993 and now, list message volume has increased from a > few messages a day to many. This increase in volume distressed many in > coping with so many messages. Mail management was difficult since it > required interacting with a listserv computer program using cryptic commands. >