Red Stick FreeUse Network
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Tips for Managing the Email You Receive From the Red Stick FreeUse Network Message Board--
('Individual Emails', 'Daily Digest', 'Special Notices', 'No Email' and how to view posts almost instantaneously.)
As you probably know, there are various options available for receiving email, as follows:
(1) "Individual Emails"-Where each message posted to the board (after approval) is sent to your designated email
address as it is posted. This can result in a cluttered box, especially when there is a spike in membership. An
advantage to this selection is that it is the quickest* way to view 'OFFERS' and these members have a better
chance to be the first responder.
*Well, really the quickest is to have the Red Stick FreeUse Network (RSFN) group home page
(groups.yahoo.com/group/RedStickFreeUse) on your computer and you periodically hit 'refresh' on you browser
control...almost instantaneous viewing of the previous five posts near the bottom of that page. Of course, you can
also go to the "Messages" link from the group home page and periodically 'refresh' there to see the most recent 25
or more posts.
(2) "Daily Digest"-Actually, depending on the volume of emails, this 'daily' digest may be automatically sent to your
email address two or three times a day. It contains all the messages posted since the last Daily Digest in one email.
This results in a nice, uncluttered box, but you may not see posts (e.g., 'offers') until a couple of hours or more
after those that receive 'Individual Emails'. (If too many emails are driving you coo-coo, don't leave the group,
please change your email setting to "Daily Digest".)
(3) "Special Notices"-With this selection, no email is received except those very important or especially informative
messages that the moderator sends to the membership that are designated by him/her as a 'special notice'. This
may occur once or twice a week, for instance (e.g., This message.). This is a good selection if a member doesn't
really care to be 'too' involved, but still wants to keep a connection to the group.
(4) "No Email"-The member receives no email whatsoever. BUT, the moderator does have the ability to change this
setting to "Special Notice", at least on a temporary basis, if the special notices are 'really' special. If you are inclined
to select "No Email", please strongly consider using the "Special Notices" choice instead.
You make these choices when you join, but you can change these settings at any time by going to the "Edit My
Membership" link in the upper right hand corner of any page.