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An Explanation of how to use these groups
Email groups, as opposed to online services, have no intrusive ads,
pop-ups, junk mail, or spam. We are a service of email groups. We do
not have a bulletin board type service because email groups are more
private and we can control who posts, and who reads our postings.
We are a conversation type discussion group. The sisters share information
with each other, and we all help answer questions or give information
and help. We do not post lists of members of any groups. That would be
inappropriate for privacy reasons, and also bad policy for the potential
of email-address farming that would lead to spam for the members.
One member of our groups submitted the following outline, which she
asked us to edit and put here. She wished to be anonymous.
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Welcome to e-mail groups! If you are unfamiliar with e-mail groups, a few words of explanation may be in order. For some this will be pretty basic, but if you're new to e-mail this may help. Also, this will help you avoid sending e-mail duplications and make certain your e-mails go to the right place.
Depending on your email software, you may find that clicking on REPLY when responding to e-mails from the group causes the email not to go where you think it's going. Sometimes it will only return to the server or list owner. Sometimes it will go to the group, or to the individual sending it. This also depends on how they sent the email. Even though it's against the rules to send to multiple groups, many do anyway.
Sending Email in four steps:
- Decide who you want the e-mail to go to by choosing from the following options
- Select an e-mail address from your address book or type one in. If your e-mail has an address book feature, you can put the group name or individual names in your address book then choose the correct group or individual name (or names) by clicking on the appropriate address while your cursor is on the TO: field.
- Send to the group: Copy and paste the group name (or email address). They vary depending on the group you are in. They are always something@ourldsfamily.com. To do this, hold down the mouse button and highlight the address, then right-click on it and select Copy. Then place the cursor in the TO: box by clicking there, then right-click and click on Paste (also found under edit.)
- Send to an individual: If you want to reply privately instead of to the whole group, copy and paste (see above explanation) the name of the individual (the e-mail address line after the words in behalf of " " or From: ) into the TO: field.
- Label your Subject line (by cutting and pasting from the original - or add your own appropriate title)
- Type and spell check your message.
- Click on send.
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Well, hopefully this is enlightening and gives you an idea of how to
use the groups to your satisfaction. As with everything, we don't expect
everyone to be 100% satisfied. That's the nature of things in this life,
isn't it?
Thanks,
Karl L. Pearson,
System Administrator/Owner,
OurLDSFamily.com
Please read the policy page if you haven't already. It has some additional
general information about email which everyone should know and and to which everyone should adhere.
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