To change your RuralMed subscription,
you must of course already be subscribed and you must be able to post a
message to the list. The listserver only allows one to post a message when
using the same "reply-to" address as appears in one's subscription. Thus,
if your email address has changed or your computer settings have changed
or you are trying to post a message or change your subscription from a
different computer, you may have problems. As well, some of the 'free'
email services add messages to the bottom of your email and these messages
have been known to interfere with sending commands. If this is the case,
please send a message to
explaining the change you would like to make. Please don't send 'unsubscribe'
or other such commands to the mainlist. Send these requests or any other
commands to listserv@lists.mcgill.ca
Commands are placed as a
single line in the body of an email, preferably with no other words, sent
to listserv@lists.mcgill.ca
Some of the commands available
to make changes are:
Please do not provide unsolicited
attachments for the following reasons
They look like viruses any many
will delete unopened
They can be bulky and tie up
low speed rural connections
The recipients may not have
the program needed to open the file
They can not be opened by any
people who get Rural Med as a digest
Instead please post a link to
the file or offer to send the file to people who request it
Formatted Text
While most on Rural Med will
be able to make out HTML encoded text, All rural med listers will be able
to read plain unformatted text (ANSII / ASCII ). Please set your email
program to this setting for outgoing mail.
Quoting Previous Text
In replying to an email, take
care not to quote the entire text unless it is brief. Your point will be
made more forceful if you quote just the part that you are commenting on.
Decorum
You are posting to over
500 people including medical students, rural doctors and nurse
practioners. Please ensure that you use professional
decorum and collegiality at all times.
Advertisements
Occasional personal advertisement
for locums or the like are welcome. We reserve the right to remove from
the list any entity that we deem to be commercial that would use Rural
Med for targeted advertisement.
