The Home Remedy email List Serv info page
· Intro
· How do I un-join? (...and who would really want to???)
As promised, this page explains –hopefully clearly- what an email list serv is, how to subscribe to ours and how to unsubscribe if that is your desire. Additionally, a few list rules of etiquette are discussed.
Now. About this THRList list serv business. For those of you familiar with email listservs, ours is pretty straight-forward and simple. As listservs go, we're as unelaborate as they come. The experts may stop reading now.
For those that may be just a wee bit confused and/or curious, here's the straight poop.
What the heck is a List Serv???
A listserv is a
group of different folks (that's all of us) that have a
common interest (and hopefully, that would be
The Home Remedy) and want
to share info, questions, gossip or have
discussions with one, two,
several or all of your fellow THR fans. A
List Serv enables you to communicate with all of these interested parties
simply by either sending or replying to message addressed to
THRList@TheHomeRemedy.com. Simple, right?
How does it work?? Here's where it gets interesting.
A message is sent to the address - THRList@TheHomeRemedy.com and every single person "subscribed" to the list gets a single copy of the original message. Note: if you're not a subscriber and send a message, you'll just get a reply that you cannot post unless you join.
Let's say you join
and send a question or comment to the listserv members. Every subscriber
gets a single copy of your question. Any member that reads it and simply
hits the Reply button will be replying to everyone on the list, who will in
turn get a single copy of that reply with a new Subject that reads"RE:
whatever your original subject was..." or something very much like
that. The "RE:" is referencing the original message. Once
someone replys to the original message and someone else replys to that first
reply, we’ve just started a "Discussion Thread"! Now, ain’t listservs
cool!?!
Don't be cruel! or as de boss say, Mean people suck!
So, each and every single member of the THRList gets a copy of your message! Be careful what you say and how you say it, because, although this list will not be "Moderated" (no email cops here!), it will be "monitored". Anyone being abusive, rude, crude or just socially unacceptable will be booted off the list. This doesn't mean that honest comments or observations about anything (except perhaps negative THR gig reviews [just kidding]) won't be welcome. On the contrary, this is a public forum of THR fans to discuss anything they wish. You can even voice your opinion about those rare gigs when we do actually sorta suck! (Hey, they've been known to happen!)
Just please remember. NO FLAMING your fellow list members! Everyone here is entitled to their own opinion as long as it is not about being mean to someone else on the list. Got something to say to a fellow member that could get heated, please take it off the list and contact them privately.
Cool!
Simple. Send an email message to fanlist-subscribe@thehomeremedy.com
Shortly thereafter, you should receive a confirmation message that contains a few list serv commands and instructions. Hang onto it! It also contains unsubscribe instructions so you don't need to write everyone on the list asking UNSUBSCRIBE ME from this d@#% list!
That's
simple, too. Send an email message to fanlist-unsubscribe@thehomeremedy.com
So
there you go. The Boss says I'm getting long-winded. And
I've said plenty and everyone is now an expert
on how a listserv works.
Right? Right!
Any technical
questions about the list should be addressed to
Admin@TheHomeRemedy.com.