This message is to welcome you to the "BizWomen List" and invite you to join our forum. The BizWomen List is open to all people interested in a free, unmoderated, self-managed list for Women, for Business, for Life. Following, you will find two important messages: the instructions needed for subscribing to this list and the guidelines that have been established for participating in this forum. Please "bookmark" this page and return as often as is necessary when you need help.

1] OVERVIEW:

OVERVIEW: This list is served by a computer program entitled "Post.Office". It is very similar to the widely-used Majordomo mailing list management program. It is designed to handle the routine administration of mailing lists automatically, minimizing the work the list owner needs to do personally.

To join our list, you must send email to bizwomen-request@bizwomen.org with certain specific command words in the BODY of the message. Anything in the "Subject" line is ignored by the computer. (This information is detailed below.)

Post.Office is a computer program, not a person. Please only send messages (commands) in the exact format and per the instructions below. These are the only commands the computer understands.

There are two versions of this list: "Standard" which consists of many individual email messages and "Digest" which accumulates messages posted to the main list and then sends one large email with a group of individual messages usually once or twice a day.

2] TO SUBSCRIBE, JOIN, or RETURN to this list:

1. Send an e-mail message to the following e-mail address: bizwomen-request@bizwomen.org
2. In the message body type EITHER one of the following two statements:
   subscribe
   end
   . . . or
   subscribe digest
   end
   . . . depending on whether you wish to join/receive the "Standard" or the "Digest" form of the list.
3. THE ADDRESS YOU SEND THIS MAIL FROM WILL BE THE ADDRESS WHICH IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE LIST. You'll receive confirmation from LYRIS when your subscription is successful, and you'll begin receiving the posts from the list immediately.

3] To UNSUBSCRIBE OR LEAVE this list:

1. Send an e-mail message to the following e-mail address: bizwomen-request@bizwomen.org
2. In the message body type either of these lines (depending on what type of list posts you originally subscribed to):
   unsubscribe
   end
   . . . or
   unsubscribe digest
   end
   . . . these commands will remove you from one or both versions of the list.

You can subscribe or unsubscribe from either list at any time by using the commands above. Sometimes it's wise to unsubscribe when you're on vacation, for example, to avoid filling your mailbox while you're gone. Or if you subscribe to the Standard list and later decide to try the Digest version, just unsubscribe from the first and subscribe to the second.

4] SENDING MAIL TO THE LIST:

To send a message to all of the members subscribed to this list (and PLEASE NOTE, you must be subscribed to the list to post to the list), send e-mail to "bizwomen@bizwomen.org". This is called "sending mail to the list". Don't send any of the commands described above in the Subscribe and Unsubscribe sections to this e-mail address. The commands will not be processed and your message will be viewed by all list members (embarrassing and fruitless).

If you receive this list in digest form, you must compose and send separate individual e-mails to the list. Do not try to reply and send e-mail if you receive the digest.

5] PROBLEMS:

If you have followed the above instructions exactly, but still have problems subscribing or unsubscribing or posting to this list:

• FIRST - Read this message for guidance and assistance;
• SECOND - Politely reach out and request help and advice from one or more list members, privately;
• THIRD - Visit our web-based interface at http://sound1.link-net.com:81/guest/RemoteListSummary/bizwomen for assistance.
• FINALLY - AS A LAST RESORT, if this message and other list members cannot help you, send an email describing your problem in detail to staff@link-net.com.

A person will read your email and if your problem is caused by the list server (unlikely), the person will contact the computer's managers. You will probably not receive a personal reply to your email.

This list is self-managed, it has no employees, and is hosted free of charge by LinkAmerica Communications, Inc. as a community service. It is every member's responsibility to manage themselves and to help others cooperatively manage this list.

1] PURPOSE OF THIS LIST:

The bizwomen mailing list is an open, unmoderated forum to network, chat, exchange ideas, and ask for advice about anything and everything related to women in business, products and services for and by women, and other women-oriented issues, with other people from all around the world.

This list is a resource and wonderful way to build community and communicate with women and men in businesses for and by women via e-mail.

2] TOPICS:

When sending a question/comment to the list, please begin the subject line with one of the keywords below. This will allow others to filter out what they don't want to see with their e-mail programs. An example subject line would be: NON-BIZ: NY City Area Tour Guide Info Needed

Please do not post virus warnings, chain letters, urban myths, or requests for e-mails to be sent to charitable organizations/children with brain tumors/etc. There's enough of that going around already.

ALSO NOTE: From time to time, you might see a post titled ADMIN ALERT. These are posts made to the list by the List Administrators which contain information relevant and vital to all members of the list. Please do not ignore these posts.

3] KEYWORDS:

Please use one of these keywords when sending messages to the list. This will allow others to filter out what they don't want to see with their e-mail programs. If you think we could add a keyword, please e-mail the list administrator at: webmaster@getasite.com and we'll seriously consider it.

• BUSINESS (or BIZ) for Business-Related Topics
  (example: BIZ: Need Price Quote for Printers)
• NON BIZ for Personal Topics
  (example: NONBIZ: Need info on Hawaiian tours)

• ANNOUNCE for those times when you need to make an important announcement to the list (say, you have updated or redesigned your company's web site, you are running a contest at your web site, you are getting married, you had a birth in the family, etc.)
• INTRO (short for "Introduction") Are you a new member to join the list? Please take the time to introduce yourself and your company to the list. Among the many "goals" of this list are networking opportunities, for members to find other members who offer services and/or products we can exchange. Besides, we love to know who you are :)
• NEED ASSISTANCE for those times when you may need help, for instance, with a new software program you purchased, and so forth.
• TEST for those times when you know your server has had some problems with its e-mail program and/or you have not been receiving posts from the list and you want to "test" to see if your posts are getting to the list.

4] ETIQUETTE/RESTRICTIONS:

1. No flaming (personal attacks on list members). We encourage constructive, even lively, discussions and debates. We do not tolerate personal attacks, profanity, cruelty, malicious or derogatory comments or remarks, name-calling, nasty-ness, or yelling (writing nasty words in capital letters). Offenders can and will be summarily blocked from this list.
2. PLEASE keep signature files to five lines or less, and delete the prior message. Cut and paste as necessary. Some users are charged access fees based on the size of their downloaded e-mail, be thoughtful of them.
3. No blatantly commercial postings, advertsiements, chain letters, etc. are allowed here. Spammers can and will be summarily unsubscribed.
4. Do not send attachments to the entire list. If an attachment needs to be sent to someone, send it via private e-mail only to those who want it.

Sincerely,
Rachel and Cheryl
List Administrators (Hostesses)