KCS EMAIL LISTS Kitsap Computing Seniors administers two closed listservs: KCS GENERAL and KCS TECH. The Lists are hosted by Telebyte NW Internet Services and the software that automates the process is Majordomo. Majordomo is a program that handles most of the administrative functions and the automatic distribution of posted email. A KCS List Administrator controls such things as subscribing and unsubscribing so that only KCS members can use the mailing lists. · KCS GENERAL List Many members will enjoy the variety of topics they can initiate on the KCS GENERAL List. Sometimes there are several messages - other times not too many. Some files are quite large and take some time to download if you are on a dial-up connection. · KCS TECH List The Officers of KCS invite all members to join this List as a way of receiving timely announcements about our activities. The TECH List is used to request help with computer related problems and for occasional announcements of interest to the membership from the KCS President and designated representatives. Subscribers who post their problem to the TECH LIST will usually receive 2 or more responses. When a problem is posted it and all replies are automatically emailed to all subscribers on the TECH LIST. Typical announcements made are class schedule changes and lesson outlines, notification that the newsletter is available from the KCS Web Page, and matters of common interest. Subscribing If you join a KCS GENERAL List, be prepared to sometimes see dozens of messages a day. This is especially true when a member is having trouble solving a problem. Other times you may only see a few messages a week. A KCS member can subscribe to a List by sending email to the List Administrator at Doug_St@netzero.com. Place "Subscribe" in the email subject line. In the body of the email, give your name and email address. The List Administrator checks your eligibility and takes action to subscribe you to the list you addressed. You will receive a message from Majordomo when you are subscribed. This message welcomes you to the KCS GENERAL List or KCS TECH List and tells you how to unsubscribe. Save this message for future reference. Unsubscribing You may unsubscribe at any time following the procedures of the Majordomo welcoming message. Do Not Send To The List! If you are unsubscribing for a short time, sending a message to the List informs all subscribers that you won't be at home. So, send your unsubscribe message to majordomo@listserv.telebyte.com or Doug_St@netzero.com and send a message to Doug_St@netzero.com to subscribe when you return. Posting Each KCS listserv has an email address for submitting/posting messages. Please put these addresses in your address book: TECH LIST kcstech@telebyte.com GENERAL LIST kcs@telebyte.com Use these addresses to post your email to the List. Responding/Replying to a Post WARNING: You should always double check to see to what address you are sending a message. Is it the message sender or the entire list? You should familiarize yourself with each List's particular reply feature. The regular KCS List replies go to the sender! The KCS TECH List replies go to the entire list! See the diagrams below.
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Guidelines for KCS General List Subscribers July 16, 2007 The KCS General List has been established to provide subscribers with an opportunity to easily communicate with fellow KCS members. When posting a message, please consider whether the subject and its content are of some significance and general interest to the List, and thereby List-worthy. These guidelines are not meant to be overly restrictive, but to help assure that the List retains a level of quality – to the benefit of everyone. Do not send overly large messages. It is best to make List readers aware that you have something to share with them, give a summary of it to the List and invite those that want the whole item to contact you directly for private mail transmission. Including a URL to the information is appropriate. No profanity, No verbal attacks on a person, No purely commercial, No political, No religious content in postings. When considering replying to a posting, look at the nature of the topic and whether your reply is more appropriately sent just to the sender. When you hit the REPLY button, make sure it is the "correct one" -- Sender? OR, List? You should check/change each reply message such that the "correct" address is applied. When you send a reply, spend the small amount of time it takes to make your message easier to read, by cutting/deleting  the parts of the message that aren't important to your reply, such as excess headers, and extra sentences. If you do not receive any List mail for a day or so, then you have likely been removed (Unsubscribe) from the List. A simple request to the KCS List Coordinator can confirm that. Don't send a test List message. The KCS List Coordinator receives notification when your mailbox fills (MAILBOX FULL), or you don't keep your Internet Service bill paid (UNKNOWN USER), or your server is down (HOST NOT RESPONDING) and other such interruptions ON YOUR END of your email service. Generally, the practice here will be to tolerate error messages from a source for approximately one-day, and then Unsubscribe the account. When you have solved the problem with your email account, you can then re-subscribe to the List. The List Coordinator may unsubscribe violators pending action by the KCS Board. DISCLAIMER: Personal opinions expressed by KCS members do not represent the official position of Kitsap Computing Seniors.