General
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
mailing list!
This is an unmoderated group for members and friends of UUCSS.
We rely on you to use good netiquette and wish you to remember
that this is not a secure service.
You can post a message to uucss@yahoogroups.com and it will
be distributed to every member of the group.
- Don’t post anything
you wouldn’t want anyone in church or anywhere around
the globe to read. While the membership is restricted, email
is never 100% private.
- Do share ideas, articles,
news, snippets, food for thought, and discussions around
UUism.
- Do post church announcements,
questions, and opinions you have about our church. Remember
that most members are not subscribed to this list and your
announcements won't reach everyone.
- Don’t discuss and
negotiate critical church business and process:
1. because it will exclude most members—remember
that our church is democratic;
2. because many join this list because
it is fun and interesting. Not every member wants to be
a leader or wants to be involved in church business.
Recommendation: If you write something because
you’re upset, wait 24 hours before clicking the Send
button. Re-read your e-mail, then decide whether your really
want to send it or not.
Attachments will be discarded
An email you send to uucss@yahoogroups.com with an attachment
will reach the group without the attachment. In place of the
attachment you will see the following text:
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
This setting to prevents viruses from getting
into your email. To send someone a file, ask them first for
permission, then send it to them directly to their email address.
To quote or not to quote?
Delete original message and footers when replying
When you reply to a Yahoo! Groups email, please delete the
quoted message along with the footers. You may include a small
part just so that one can make sense of what you're responding
to.
Reasons:
- Those who receive the daily digest will have to scroll
through many old messages and advertising footers just to
find the new message.
- This method reduces bandwidth.
“Email Messages,” “Daily
Digest,”
& “Web Only/No Mail” Options
If the number of emails coming into your box has been more
than you can handle or care for, you have two other options:
- Choose the DAILY DIGEST. You'll receive only one email
that includes all messages posted that day.
- Choose WEB ONLY/NO MAIL option. Then use your internet
browser to read messages whenever you want. You don't have
to follow up regularly or bother to delete messages you
don't care to read. Just log in at your convenience—today,
in a month, or in six months, and read the current or archived
messages
Go to http://www.yahoogroups.com/mygroups
to set your mail options. You'll need to register the first
time you go there.
To Digest Users: Subject line
When you reply to messages, please change the subject line
from “Digest Number ###” to a subject that reflects
the topic of the email.
To Everyone: Subject line
A subject that reflects the content of the email makes it
easier to sift through email and delete what is not of interest
based on the subject line..
- Please make sure you fill out the subject line.
- If the subject of the thread changes, then change the
subject. Many email users will often delete an email based
on the subject, not the content. If your content is
interesting but the subject refers to something else, you
might lose some readers.
Going on vacation?
You don't have to unsusbscribe. You can change your settings
with Yahoo Groups to receive no emails. The option reads “Web
Only/No Mail.” You can do so by going to http://www.yahoogroups.com/mygroups
and registering (if you haven't registered already) then change
your account.
Reply to inidividual or to uucss@yahoogroups.com?
When you reply to a an email on the UUCSS-Yahoo Groups mailing
list, it will go to the original sender. If you want everyone
on the list to read your response, then send your response
to uucss@yahoogroups.com.
Virus alerts: preventing hoaxes from
spreading
While you won’t receive any virus through UUCSS-Yahoo
Groups because attachments are disabled, you might someday
receive a virus alert and feel that you must announce it to
all the members of the list out of concern.
If you receive such an alert, check whether it is a virus
or a hoax before posting a warning to the list. There are
two good sites:
If you can’t find the virus on either site, contact
Symantec or McAfee and inquire whether the virus alert you
heard of is a serious threat or a hoax before posting any
virus alerts. Then, you may sent a message to UUCSS-Yahoo
Groups list.
Petitions and chainletters not permitted
Thousands of online petitions and chainletters are hoaxes.
You might receive what looks like a very serious letter with
a very serious and worrisome issue, along with a request to
add your email to it and to forward it to a certain
number of people you know. Please do not forward such petitions
to this list.
You may post letter writing petitions that you wrote
or from sources you’re absolutely certain are
reliable.
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Last update 03-01-01 |
