Hi Mods, I know many of you received a informational e-mail from Esosoft or Topica.com regarding the new mailing list procedures and protocol, but I know Brian is out of town, and there seems to be some general bewilderment regarding the list serve switch to Topica. I thought it might be helpful to share what little I know about it. If you want to change your list preferences (i.e., digest, no digest, no mail, unsubscribing, etc.) OR have access to reading the Modslist via their website (without having to use your e-mail at all) the following info I hope will be helpful. I went to http://www.topica.com and signed up as a member. It's free and easy to do. You have to complete the confirmation process which involves nothing more than replying to an e-mail they send you. You'll pick a name and password. (It's been two days and thus far I've received no spam either - I checked the "Don't send me updates/info" boxes - so they seem to be good about that). Once you're registered you can go to "your lists" and do a search on Modslist. A link to its Topica FAQ will appear and you can "Add" modslist to "Your lists". This way, the next time you log onto Topica.com with your name and password, a link to Modslist, (with the number of new messages since the last time you checked it right next to it), will appear on the page. Hit the link, and there will be all the Modslist messages from the last 2 or 3 days listed. You can sort them by date, thread, or author, and there are links to older archived dates too. Hit the link for 'edit list preferences' and a new page will pop up containing "subscription options" for your editing - (what e-mail addresses to send list messages to, vacation hold, nomail, digest, individual messages) and a link to "Unsubscribe". It seems like a lot to do in order to unsubscribe yourself from this new list but so far it's the only way I know of. Please, if anyone else has discovered a magical shortcut for this process, enlighten those who have been sending 'unsubscribe' messages to the list to no avail - and to the annoyance of everyone else. Like I said in my last post, I find this method of mailing list 'manangement' a lot easier, quicker and more user-friendly than majordomo! I hope this helps some. I'm no Web expert, but did a bit of exploring and wanted to share what I found. Thanks and I hope everyone has had great holidays and even better New Year's! Miss Becky _____________________________________________________________ Get your favorite topic delivered daily. http://www.topica.com/t/11
