PAF Discussion Groups/Information/Family Tree Maker

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

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and for good measure those that want a group that will help with Family 
Tree Maker check out this discussion group:
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SETTING MEMBERSHIP TO INDEX MODE: 
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SETTING MEMBERSHIP TO DISCUSSION MODE: 
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TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING MAIL FROM THE LIST: 
set FTMTECH-L nomail 

RESUMING MAIL FROM THE LIST: (command depends on your preferred mode) 
set FTMTECH-L mail 
set FTMTECH-L digest 
set FTMTECH-L index 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: 
set FTMTECH-L ack 
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set FTMTECH-L noack 
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RECEIVING COPIES OF YOUR OWN POSTS: 
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set FTMTECH-L norepro 
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CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD: 
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(where "oldpassword" is your existing password and
"newpassword" is the new password you wish to set) 

CHANGING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
set FTMTECH-L email=new_email_address

DETERMINING YOUR MEMBERSHIP SETTINGS: 
query FTMTECH-L 

RETRIEVING THE CURRENT VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT: 
get FTMTECH-L hello 

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click "Click here to enter FTMTECH-L" to continue. Then
click the link to change "Your Settings."

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address if you need to. When you change your settings, make
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attachment. Also, the server will reject messages composed
in HTML. In both cases you will receive a "rejection notice"
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9. FILTERING FTMTECH-L MESSAGES: You may find it easier to
separate the incoming mail from the FTMTECH-L list from the
rest of you incoming mail. Most email clients have the
option to create filters or rules to do this. You may want
to consider creating a folder (called something like
FTMTECH-L) and then create a filter that checks the "To:"
line of every incoming message for
"FTMTECH-L@..." (don't use the quotation
marks when setting up the filter) and then moves the message
to the FTMTECH-L folder you set up.

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Once again, welcome to the FTMTECH-L Discussion List. 

FTMTECH-L List Owner 
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