Hi all;
The Topics feature is available in our LISTSERV software.
This can be used to reduce your incoming messages to specific Topic-Names.
You may choose to use it or not, as you wish.
A. Current Topic-Names Available:
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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
More Topic-Names can be added, to a maximum of 23.
B. Sending Mail to the List:
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1. The Topic-Name should be the first word in your message Subject-Header:
a. all UPPER-case,
b. no spaces and no hyphens [e.g NON-PD: or NON PD: are incorrect]
c. followed by a colon
d. followed by a space, and then a more detailed subject description
[For an example, see my subject-header for this message.]
2. Send all messages for distribution to the list-members to:
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3. Topic-Names should be used [and spelled] correctly;
LISTSERV gets confused by typos.
4. Specific Subject-Headers are basic 'Netiquette' for any E-mail
use; for a large mailing list with high mail volume, they can
become essential. Topic-Names are a means of enhancing that.
C. 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].
D. Reducing Your Mail From the List by Using Topic-Names Settings:
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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. Send all command messages to the listserv computer at:
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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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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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