Member-to-Member ListServ

Using the Member-to-Member Listserv



Welcome

The primary purpose of the Member-to-Member list is to foster and facilitate productive communication among and between members of the APA, as authorized by the Board of Trustees.

Our mission is to join together psychiatrists, who, while separated geographically, are united in their enthusiasm for communicating ideas and concepts to enhance and develop psychiatry and the APA.

This list will contribute to psychiatry by:

  • Covering a wide range of topics that are of use to members.

  • Providing members with up to date information from the APA Central Office and similarly, from any District Branch or Area.

  • Encouraging a lively debate on the full range of ethical, diagnostic, treatment, research, and philosophical issues in which psychiatrists have interests.

The Member-to-Member Listserv is run automatically by list management software called Majordomo. This document has been compiled to help you use Majordomo and gain the maximum benefit of the Member-to Member Listserv.

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List Etiquette

"Etiquette" means "ticket" in French. On the Internet, "netiquette" is your ticket to "traveling" without annoying others.

Electronic mail messages can be informal, but thought should be given before they are sent. Don't send a message until you have taken time to review its contents and header. Make sure your message is correctly addressed, that it is free of typos, and that you really mean what it says. Try to be both clear and concise.

When replying to a message, only quote the portions that are absolutely necessary to help the reader and delete the rest.

Be careful to send listserv commands to the right e-mail address (majordomo@lists.psych.org). Do NOT post subscribe/unsubscribe/digest requests to the list (mem2mem@lists.psych.org).

Lots of communication to other people on the list can be accomplished through personal e-mail. Don't reply to the list unless you think your mail would be helpful and of interest to the majority.

If you ask a QUESTION to the list, please provide a SUMMARY post to share what you have learned with other members.

Include the http:// part of the URL in your e-mail messages about sites for the convenience of readers with smart mail applications.
Example: http://www.psych.org instead of psych.org

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Subscribing to Member-to-Member

There are two ways to subscribe to the APA's discussion lists -- on the web or via email.

To subscribe on the web, click here to go to the Member-to-Member subscription page. To subscribe via email, send a message to webmaster@psych.org (This message should come from the email account to which you want your messages sent.)
Provide:
  • your full name,
  • address,
  • city, state, zip,
  • District Branch, and
  • member number.

Reference the Mem2mem list.

Once you are subscribed to Member-to-Member, you will recieve a welcome message. At that point, you can post to the list.

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Posting to Member-to-Member

To post to the Member-to-Member list, send email to Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org

It's that simple.

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What is a digest?

When you subscribe to the digest form of a list, you will receive (usually) only one message per day which contains all the messages sent to the list address over the past 24 hours.

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Subscribing to the digest form of Member-to-Member

Member-to-Member is provided in a digest form which can be subscribed to by appending "-digest" to the name of the list.

Example To subscribe to the digest form of a mailing list, for example (Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org) send the following two-line message to the address Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org: 

subscribe mem2mem-digest

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Common Mistakes

  • Sending the subscribe message to the list address rather than Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org. This is considered very bad form so please do not make this mistake.
  • Writing the subscribe command in the Subject line of your message rather than the body of the message.
  • Spelling out the entire list address in your subscribe command; e.g. subscribe Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org


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The string @lists2.psych.org should never be attached.


    Unsubscribing from Member-to-Member

    To unsubscribe from Member-to-Member, send the following two-line message to the address Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org: 
    unsubscribe mem2mem
    Note These lines must appear in the body of the message since the subject line is ignored by Majordomo.

    To unsubscribe from the digest form of Member-to-Member, send the following two-line message to the address Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org: 

    unsubscribe mem2mem-digest

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    Common Mistakes

    • Sending the unsubscribe message to the list address rather than Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org. This is considered very bad form so please do not make this mistake.
    • Writing the unsubscribe command in the Subject line of your message rather than the body of the message.
    • Spelling out the entire list address in your unsubscribe command; e.g. 
      unsubscribe Mem2Mem@lists2.psych.org
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    The string @lists.psych.org should never be attached.