Hi all;
I have activated a Topics feature in our LISTSERV software. This can
be used to restrict your incoming messages to specific Topic-Names.
You may choose to use it or not, as you wish.
Current Topic-Names available are:
NONPD: = not a parkinson's disease item
NEWS: = news items
TECHNEWS: = nerd news items
LIST: = list-business
PMID: = pubmed abstracts / medical studies
QT: = quotes / poems
UDALL: = pd political action [any country - named for Mo Udall]
PARKINSAW: = creative tales about a fantasy pd land
FUN: = humour and silliness
POL: = political action / surveys
Type the Topic-Names EXACTLY as shown, as the FIRST word in your
message's Subject Header, or the listserver will not recognize
them as Topic-Names, viz:
1. all UPPER-case,
2. no spaces and no hyphens [e.g NON-PD: or NON PD: are incorrect]
3. immediately followed by a colon.
More Topic-Names can be added, to a maximum of 23.
Receiving Mail from the List:
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To continue receiving ALL mail as usual, you need do nothing. All
subscriptions are set to receive ALL Topics.
[All, that is, other than DIGEST-ers, who comprise 1/3 of our current
membership. Topics restrictions only work on regular mail].
Restricting Mail From the List:
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1. To stop receiving NONPD messages, send this command:
SET PARKINSN TOPICS -NONPD
2. To stop receiving NONPD and FUN and PARKINSAW messages:
SET PARKINSN TOPICS -NONPD -FUN -PARKINSAW
3. To start receiving FUN messages again:
SET PARKINSN TOPICS +FUN
4. All command messages are to be sent to the listserv computer at:
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Sending Mail to the List:
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1. To use the Topics feature, type the Topic-Name in the Subject
Header in your message, followed by a colon [:], and then a more
detailed subject description [see my subject header above].
2. Topic-Names need to be used [and spelled] in the message Subject
Header correctly by listmembers for this feature to be useful.
3. Specific Subject Headers are basic 'Netiquette' for any E-mail
use; for a large mailing list with high mail volume, they can become
critical.
4. All messages for distribution to the list-members are to be sent to:
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janet paterson
52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0
a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/>
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