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>Dear PD Community, > >I am REALLY disappointed in the total absence of email etiquette on this >listserver! While I was very interested in being on the mailing list because >of the occasional, very timely, USEFUL pieces of info that I can ACTUALLY >USE, >I am so very exhausted by the 20-80 messages EVERY DAY that belong on a chat >room that I really don't need to see!!! We have posting guidelines and they are at: http://parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/parkinsn.html >Listserve manager, PLEASE do something about this! Hundreds of messages a >week >is unwieldy, especially for those of us who are still trying to hold down a >job! I haven't been able to find the time to clean messages off my email >this >week. Now there are 470 UNREAD MESSAGES. List members, PLEASE think before >you hit that return key! Marla, Parkinsn is a high volume list. We don't apologize for it but have made it possible to read the messages you are interested in online, if you prefer that method instead of filling your mailbox. The url of the Parkinsn messages is: http://parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/maillist.html The list of messages is updated every 4 minutes and the last 500 messages are available for your viewing. Messages back to 1994 are in the archives and you can use the Simon Coles Archive Search boxes to find them. If viewing the messages online seems good to your problem, you can use the "Suspend My Parkinsn Mail" button to set your subscription to NOMAIL. Using this option stops new Parkinsn messages from showing up in your email but you will still have the benefit of subscription which is posting to the list. >I would hope this list would respect the needs of the working people with PD, >and others with little free time, or capability, to remove all these >unnecessary personal messages. > Many of us are not so fortunate as you to still work. >Somebody should define the etiquette of this list and make sure members >comply. > If not, you will certainly force me to end my association, and undoubtedly >others with limited time, at which point the community starts to serve only >some of the people with PD... those with lots of time. If that is the >desire >of the list managers, fine, just say so. But if you really want to serve the >entire community you've just GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!! We include a link at the bottom of every message to remove yourself from Parkinsn. >Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of my request. > > >Marla Gillham John Cottingham Co-owner Parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn