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Posting Address:
PhxDance@yahoogroups.com
This page applies only to "announcers".
Only "announcers" who have been given
"posting privileges" can send messages. (This is an attempt to keep Spammers out.).
1. Your Posting Privileges:
- --> This "privilege" allows you to send messages to the 'PhxDance' Yahoo email Group (aka "The Listserver").
- --> You send the message to the Listserver's address, PhxDance@yahoogroups.com (case insensitive) just like you send email to anyone else.
- The Listserver then automatically (a) makes a web page for your announcement, and also (b) resends a copy of your message to any 'subscribers' of the List.
- . . . . . Said another way, your announcements now have "eternal life" -- where any out-of-town visitors or new residents can view them days or even months later.
2. Send Yourself A BCC:
- We recommend you BCC yourself the first few messages.
- You then will receive 2 copies: one directly from yourself, and one coming through the Listserver.
3. Two Notes For Your Address Book:
- (a) Add a new address to your address book as follows:
- PhxDance-YahooGroup <PhxDance@yahoogroups.com>
- (b) In the "notes" section for that address, make a note: "Posting
privileges" will work only for the ONE address for which privileges were
give.
- You may have several other email addresses, but the Listserver will
accept messages ONLY from the address given Posting privileges".
REASON for requesting that you do the above:
- Us volunteer Listserver assistants waste a lot of TIME troubleshooting avoidable problems, because announcers either
- (a) type the Listserver address wrong, or
- (b) they send their message from a different (wrong) address if they have multiple addresses.
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~~Additional Comments~~
4. Archives, Delays, And Attachments
Archives - IMPORTANT:
- Every message you send is given "eternal life" for out-of-town
visitors or new residents to browse -- because it is "recorded" in the
web page "Message Archives" .
- These archives are at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PhxDance -- scroll DOWN that page, or use the 'Messages' link on the upper left of that page.
- You can verify your message reached the Listserver by checking these archives. I suggest you BOOKMARK this archive address.
Delays:
- There may be a DELAY between when you send the message, and when the Listserver "resends" it to all subscribers.
- Please do NOT resend the message multiple times, just because the
Listserver doesn't resend it right away, because subscribers will then
get multiple copies.
Attachments: Please avoid sending unnecessarily large
attachments (over 1/2 MB), because large attachments will "choke" the
modems of people having slower internet connections, and they may
"unsubscribe" themselves.
5. Your Subject Line
Subject Line:
This is up to you, but I suggest you try to include the
date/subject/location in the subject line to better inform subscribers
when they browse their message titles; for example:
- Fri 5/30 Swing Workshop 7 pm @ Studio Nine, Mesa, or
- Sat 5/31 Ballroom Dance 8 pm @ Motel 22, Apache Junction
Subject Tag: Note that the Listserver will always add the
"subject tag" of
[PhxDance] at the beginning of the subject line, in front of whatever you type.
So for the above example, the subject line of a message you sent would look like this when you received it from the Listserver:
- [PhxDance] Fri 5/30 Swing Workshop 7 pm @ Studio Nine, Mesa
Your BCC copy would look like this:
- Fri 5/30 Swing Workshop 7 pm @ Studio Nine, Mesa (Same thing, but without the "subject tag".
Most of the time, Yahoo also adds stuff on the bottom and right side.
6. Send Moderator A BCC If Problems:
- If you have or anticipate PROBLEMS with the message not "posting",
please send me a BCC when you try to send the message. (My contact
link is at bottom of this page.)
- Any questions, of course, please phone me (the Listserver
Assistant). (My contact link for my voice mail number is at bottom of
this page.)
7. Test Listserver (Optional)
- There is also an optional "Test Listserver" you can use to send
test messages to see how they look -- BEFORE you send them out to the
actual Yahoo group where everyone sees them.
- If you want use this test system, then just subscribe to it in the
usual manner, by sending a blank email (no subject, no body) to track2test-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . ((Make sure you then REPLY to confirm it.))
- Please send me a 'CC' of your subscribe request, so I can look for
your subscription request via Yahoo, and approve your membership.
- ((Note: I have been forced to set this test Listserver to "membership by
approval", since all members can post on it, and Spammers will send
their garbage if I don't keep them out.))
