TRI-DRS: Posting

How to Post to the List
Ok, you've subscribed and you're ready to post to the list (maybe you've just signed on, or maybe you've been lurking for a while - either way, we'd love to hear from you)!

Sending Email to the List (this will send an email to everyone subscribed to the list):

Send an email to: tri-drs@listserv.dartmouth.edu
Be sure to include a relevant subject header (use "NTC" for No Triathlon Content posts).
Put your message in the body of your email.
Include a brief signature that lets us know who you are, your email address, and where you live.

Please note

Emails are sent to: TRI-DRS@listserv.dartmouth.edu (caps are optional).
The default return address on messages sent out by the list is the original sender. If you want to reply to the entire list, you will have to either change the address to TRI-DRS@listserv.dartmouth.edu or hit "reply to all".
To send a post to the list you must use the email that you subscribed with.
Posts are best composed and sent in raw text. HTML and graphics are not supported. Attachments will be stripped off by the server.
If you have problems sending mail to the list, please email the list owner with the details of the problems you are having.

List Policies: Advertising, fundraising and solicitation
There are many good causes out there, and many fundraising opportunities. However, we have hundreds of subscribers that participate in numerous charity events each year, and the list could see far too many requests. Out of consideration to our subscribers, we request that the list not be used as a vehicle to raise money. Our intent with this policy is not to stamp out all fundraising, but rather to encourage people to target their friends and acquaintances instead of using the list to ask friends and strangers alike for money.

Using our list for commercial purposes is forbidden!!

References to charity events are not forbidden, however if you are asking for money or acknowledging contributions, please do it off-line. We have intentionally left enough room in this policy for each list member to exercise good judgment in drawing up a fundraising list.

TRI-DRS advertising policy
TRI-DRS members who own businesses that are related to triathlon or would be of interest to triathletes may post a single message to the list announcing their product. All responses to members about the product should be off-line (rather than to the list). This way the advertising will not be repeated.

Anyone who posts a chain letter or get-rich-quick scheme to the list will be *immediately* removed from the list!!

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A brief note about signatures: left to their own whims mailers will not always tell us who or where you are, so please be sure and include a few lines at the bottom of your messages that tell us:
Your Name
Your e-mail address
Where you are

Many add something related to triathlon to our .sigs in the form of designs. We discourage this practice because of the excess bandwidth.

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