List Member Changes (was: MX 60 into power panel) [RE-wrenches]

Mon Mar 15 12:05:32 PST 2004

Hi Geoff and gang. Last week I again noticed this happening to you. It had nothing to do with Digest form, but rather what was in your Real Name field.

Since I had noticed some Real Name problems with other list members, I went through and looked at everyone's Real Name field, and fixed them all. For everyone that did not have a first name and last name in there, I made sure it was there. For those of you that had other stuff in there, like "Barney Rubble, Roofslab Solar" I left it alone, as long as there was a first name and last name there.

This Real Name field is one of the few settings I can make on your behalf. It should show up in every message that is delivered to the list from you. So if yours says something unexpected (like if I screwed up yours when I edited these last week), please let me know and I will fix.

If you want to change this or any other setting, you need to log on to the Topica web site, per the instructions below. Once you are on the My Topica page, just click on the RE-Wrenches list, then go to Email Address & Deliver to set it.

BTW, if anyone has any problems or concerns they are not familiar with, just let me know and I will try to help figure them out. After mothering lists at Topica for a few years, I know more than I want to.

Geoff Greenfield wrote at 11:43 AM 03/15/2004:

>PS - if this post shows up in your mailbox with "REwrenches" in the from or
>sender box, I apologize.  I am trying to get Topica to help me change this.
>I get the list in digest form and the post to it through outlook.  If anyone
>else has already been through this then give me a holler...

Do you have some reason to change the email address you use for the Wrenches list?

Are you going on vacation and want to suspend the receipt of Wrenches mail for awhile?

Do you want to switch delivery methods and receive only the digests of messages?

These are a few of several reasons why you might want to log on to the Topica web site. 

To do that, just go to http://lists.topica.com and log in:
a. if you have never logged into Topica before, log in with the email address you use for the Wrenches list.
b. if you have logged in before, log in with the same address and password you used  before.

Be sure to REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD, just as you remember the kazillion other passwords you have amassed in this computer age. Also be sure to remember which of your email addresses you used for that login and password.

Once you are logged on, you will see that for each Topica list you are subscribed to, you can choose a delivery method:
1. Messages  (this is the normal delivery method)
2. Digests (this will give you a single, daily message when there are posts)
3. Web Only - No Email (this is what you do to suspend receipt of Wrench posts while gone, and then change it back when you get back from your trip)

Here's how to change your email address, should you need to.

1. Log in and go to My Topica.
2. On the left side of the logged in screen is "Preferences" and under that "Email Addresses".
3. Click on "Email Addresses" and when that page opens, "new address". 
4. Fill in the blank provided with your new address, save with the Add button, then log out.
5. When you get the confirmation email to the new address, reply to it.
6. Log on to Topica with your original email address & password, and go to My Topica.
7. Click on the RE-Wrenches link, then on "Email Address & Delivery" which you will find near the bottom of the left-hand column.
8. In the pull-down menu called "Deliver To," choose the address you wish to have this list's mail delivered to, click Save and you are done.

A bit cumbersome, but better than having Michael delete one email address from the list and adding another, which can mess things up next time you want to log in to Topica. You can have several different addresses that Topica accepts, and even a different one for each Topica list you subscribe to.

Michael Welch

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