Posting Tips - Track2 DanceNet

B. Background Info - Things You Should Know This Page Is For Dance Announcers This page is for people: who have are already subscribed to the Track2 DanceNet Yahoo "dances" Listserver. . . [How do I subscribe?] . . [What is a Listserver? Help] the Moderator has given them "posting privileges" The Listserver Moderator attempts to prevent Spamming and other improper usage by giving posting privileges only to "approved senders". The Posting Process When you "post" (send a message) to the Listserver, it then distributes your message to all subscribers. Yahoo scans your message for viruses, adds the headers and footers and sometimes their advertisements, and sometimes changes your fonts and indentation in unexpected and undesired ways. Test Listserver Note that there is a separate "Test Listserver" available for practice. You can practice sending messages to this dummy practice Listserver, before you post to the real Listserver. I recommend you try your first message on this test listserver.

C. Address For Posting Send your announcement to: dances@yahoogroups.com Put this address into your address book, so you get it right the next time. 3b. Copy Yourself Send yourself a "blind carbon" copy (use BCC button). 3c. New Announcers Copy -- Send me a "blind carbon" copy (use BCC button) the FIRST few times. REASON: If the post does not work, then I can examine what you sent. You can use my "public" address at the bottom of this page ( shoot-all-spammers@track2.com ). Put this address into your address book, so you get it right the next time.

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D. Subject Line Dances are usually either "open" dances (everybody), or "ballroom", or "singles". Therefore 3 slightly different subject line formats are requested. Examples (3 types) a. Open Dance (everybody is welcome) Example: . . Wmpt Fri 1/20 8pm Caschera Quality Inn Dance Format: . . City Date Time Event-description b. Ballroom Dance Example: . . Blrm: Hughsvl Sat 3/25 7:30 Dance Practice Format: . . Blrm: City Date Time Event-description Reason for using "Blrm:" Singles who don't do ballroom, aren't interested in ballroom announcements. Therefore I request senders to "flag" the message with "Blrm:" so non-dancing singles can ignore it c. Singles Dance or Other Singles Event Example: . . Sgls: Sayre Fri 3/3 7pm Dance Format: . . Sgls: City Date Time Event-description Reason for using "Sgls:" Married couples complain about singles announcements. Therefore I request senders to "flag" the message with "Sgls:" so married people can ignore it Other Comments [Track2] subject tag The Listserver automatically prepends the [Track2] subject tag onto the front of the subject line. Thus the above 3 examples would have the following subject lines when received from the Listserver: [Track2] Blrm: Hughsvl Sat 3/25 7:30 Dance Practice [Track2] Sgls: Sayre Fri 3/3 7pm Dance [Track2] Wmpt Fri 1/20 8pm Caschera Quality Inn Dance Abbreviating Cities You can use these: Brwk for Berwick, Bloom for Bloomsburg, Danvl for Danville, Hzltn for Hazleton, Lwsbg for Lewisburg, Wmpt for Williamsport.

E. Message Guidelines Including Your Email Address In The Body You can include your own email address in the BODY of the message . . . if you are willing to risk Spammers possibly being able to see it on the Listserver's web archive page. REASON: The web page archive will truncate the sender's address, but it may display email addresses in the body. See message 25 in the test listserver as an example. Including Other People's Email Addresses In The Body Please don't include anyone else's email in the body of the message, unless you have their permission to do so. One Message Per Event Please do not send multiple announcements for the same event. Only North Central Pa Dance Events Please do not announce events located outside North Central Pennsylvania. Please do not send non-dance-related messages (except singles events). Attachments Please don't attach photos or flyers unless they are in JPEG or GIF or PDF format, and they are compressed to total size no larger than 100 K. Curbing Abuse Announcers who repeatedly break the above guidelines, may have their posting privileges restricted or removed.

F. Listserver Delays Inbox Delays Your copy may come to your inbox almost immediately, or it may be delayed up to several hours if Yahoo is busy or down. Please do NOT send multiple copies of the same message, just because you don't see your first copy right away. Verify Message Reached Listserver Whenever you send a message, you can perform the following 2 steps to verify the Listserver "distributed" it: Verify it appears on the Listserver web page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dance Your message should usually appear on the Listserver web page fairly quickly after you send it, but it may not if things are bogged down someplace. Check that you received a copy of the message from the Listserver in your email inbox. It will be identified by the subject tag [Track2]. Note the BCC copy you sent yourself, will not have the subject tag.

m . . This page modified 9/14/2006. by JamesRobertIngram.com .