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What is Teamail?
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Can I learn more about tea on
Teamail?
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How do I subscribe to the Teamail
group, and
what does it cost?
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How do I post messages to the
Teamail group?
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How do I reply to
posted messages? Can I contact individual members direct,
off-list -- and if so, how?
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What kinds of posts are acceptable on the
list, and what kinds are not acceptable? Which
messages should I send direct to individuals (off-list)?
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Must
I post to Teamail in order to be a member/subscriber?
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Can I post to
Teamail anonymously?
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What
are the protocols for commercial posts (messages that are
intended to solicit business) and what is "AD DAY?"
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How
do we control subject lines and the dreaded "thread
drift?"
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Is
this a discussion group for herbal teas as beverages or
medicines?
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What about reading tea leaves?
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Can
I read Teamail messages online? Is there an archive of
Teamail
postings?
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I'm not receiving any posts from
Teamail. Why not?
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Account
changes: How can I stop my list mail temporarily (during
vacations, etc.)? And how can I change the address where I
receive my Teamail?
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What if I don't want to be a subscriber/member any more?
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How is Teamail different from
rec.food.drink.tea
newsgroup?
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Is Teamail actively soliciting for new
subscribers via public announcements?
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How private are
Teamail postings?
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Okay, if the host server isn't selling our addresses, what do
they get out of this arrangement?
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What do I do if someone on the list is behaving
inappropriately?
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Email commands for common
Teamail list functions

1. What is
Teamail?
Teamail is an email discussion
group,
or mailing list. This is a system that allows many people to send emails to
each other by addressing messages to one address which automatically distributes the
message to everyone who is subscribed to the list or group. Every message posted to the list is
distributed to every member/subscriber, including the message's
author.
The topic of the
Teamail list is tea -- Camellia sinensis -- and any and all tea-related topics:
reviews of teas tasted, buying tea, tea customs and rituals, tea accessories, tea
preparation utensils and methods, tea books and web sites, tea parties, recipes using tea
or to serve at tea, or any other question, response, comment, or thought relating to tea.
Tea means different things to different
people. It may be a comforting cup during difficult times, the search for new and
interesting flavours, a favourite way to start the morning, a cold thirst quencher, a
relaxation or a pick-me-up, a social event or a solitary meditation ... or something else
again. Teamail brings together a group of more than one thousand people from around the world
with a common interest in tea so we all may benefit from and enjoy each others' various
perspectives and experiences through email discussion. Subscribers are encouraged to post
their thoughts on tea itself as well as on tea-related topics (preferably while enjoying a
good cuppa :-).
Teamail is a social
group. We provide a
civil, friendly environment for adults to enjoy and possibly learn from. Subscribers are
considered to be adults and expected to behave as such, following all the rules of
netiquette as well as those of common courtesy.
Please read this Guide
to Netiquette (click here).
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2.
Can I learn more about tea on Teamail?
You will find posts on any and all
tea-related topics, including reviews of teas, tea shops, tea production, tea and health,
tea-related events, cooking with tea, recipes for teatime treats, interesting books,
magazines, and web sites, and much more. If you have questions about tea or any
tea-related topic, you are encouraged to post these questions to the list.
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3.
How do I subscribe to the Teamail group, and what does it cost?
Teamail is a free service. After you
read this FAQ, send an email message from the email account where you want to receive
your Teamail to this address: teamail-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Leave the subject line and the body of the message blank. Or you can
subscribe through the form below. You will receive an email
message confirming that you wish to subscribe; this is a security measure to prevent
anyone from subscribing you to a list without your knowledge. Follow the instructions in
the message for sending a confirmation reply. Shortly after your subscription request is
approved, you will begin receiving Teamail.
Please note: If you experience any difficulties with the
registration procedure, please contact the list
administrators for subscription assistance.
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4.
How do I post messages to the Teamail group?
Once you have become a
Teamail
subscriber, we recommend that you read the posted messages for a week or so to see what
the tone and style of the list are, and then post an introductory note.
The email address for posting to
Teamail
is .
This address is for
Teamail posts only. All
administrative messages or technical questions should be addressed to the list administrators. If you need to
unsubscribe from the list or cancel your membership, see Question #16.
Please note: For the convenience of all
members, we ask you to avoid posting multiple short messages at one time, but rather
combine them into one longer message. A suggested subject line for posts covering more
than one topic is "Tea odds and ends" or something similar. For more on the
topic of sending "one-liners," see Question #6.
Cross-posting is not permitted
on the Teamail list. In other words, when you send your message to the
Teamail list, you may not address it or copy it to other individuals, lists, or groups.
From time to time, as required, the list
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5. How do I reply to
posted messages? Can I contact individual members direct, off-list --
and if so, how?
To reply to a post on-list (for all
of our thousand-plus members/subscribers to read), click the Reply button in your email software. Be sure
to then delete all of the message you are replying to, except perhaps for
a very brief amount of text needed to clarify your response before sending your reply.
Remember that the message you are replying to has already been posted to the entire list,
and read by all subscribers. It's not necessary to repeat it -- message threads are
followed by the Subject line. Additionally, large blocks of reposted text can overload
some subscribers' email inboxes, and it makes reading new posts difficult for subscribers who
receive their Teamail in digest form. Please be considerate.
You should feel free to contact
other members for private discussions, following the same rules for civil behaviour as
outlined for posts to the list in general. This is a good way to develop friendships with
our members. It also allows you to continue off-topic discussions off-list.
In fact, when a discussion veers off-topic and you wish to continue,
you must take the discussion off-list. For example, if there is
a discussion about tea in Boston and you want to talk about non-tea
experiences in Boston, send your message off-list, direct to the
individual.
Most of
our members/subscribers welcome this kind of contact, but if you are asked by a member not to
contact them directly for any reason then you are expected to honour that request.
Failure to do so may result in removal from the list. This includes
both personal messages and commercial solicitations.
To reply to an individual, after you click
Reply delete the Teamail address in the To:/Address: box and replace it with the
individual's email address, by cutting and pasting, keying it in, or from your personal
address book.
Alternatively
you can click the Reply All button, then delete the Teamail
address in the To: box; the remaining address will be that of the
author of the original message.
If
you read your Teamail
at the YahooGroups
web site and wish to reply to a posted message, after you click
Reply you can then choose from a drop-down list which address the
reply should be sent to: the entire list or to the author of the post.
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6. What kinds of posts are
acceptable on the list, and what kinds are not acceptable? Which ones should I send direct to individuals?
As described in #1 above,
Teamail is a
group dedicated to discussion of all things related to tea --
but only things relating to tea. Posted messages are
expected to reflect our topic. Anything from personal feelings to scientific
explorations, tea culture, tea parties or recipes, tea in books or movies, and anywhere in
between, are welcome -- as long as they relate to tea.
Off-topic posts of any kind -- whether
original messages or replies to previous posts -- are not appropriate for
posting to the Teamail list.
These include, but are not limited to, solicitations for charities, "virus
alerts" (most of these are hoaxes anyway), chain letters, holiday greetings (unless
part of a tea-related message), "test" messages, or any other post that does not
relate directly to tea. If you wish to initiate or continue a discussion on any other
topic, you must do so off-list. If you are not sure whether a message is off-topic, please
contact the administrators prior to
posting.
Do
not send electronic
greeting cards (e-cards) to the Teamail list. Please send these off-list to the individual(s) you
would like to receive them.
Sending off-topic messages to the list
may jeopardize a subscriber's posting or list membership privileges.
Teamail is not
a forum for promoting blogs, newsletters, e-zines, or other groups or
forums that members may own or contribute to. You are welcome to post
your own writings to the group and thereby start a thread for
discussion by Teamail members. Members' sigs (automated signatures)
may not include links to blogs, newsletters, e-zines, or other groups
or forums.
The Teamail
group, its administrators, and its members have no obligation to help promote any individual or
entity, online or off-line, commercial or non-commercial, via
messages, links, sigs, or in any other form.
Members should also send replies to
posts direct to individual members if the reply is not likely to be of interest
to the rest of the list. This would include "Nice post...," "I liked that
too...," "Sounds wonderful, wish I could go there...," "Good luck with
it...," "Thanks for posting...," "I agree with that..." or
anything in a similar vein that adds no new tea-related content. The recipient will likely
be delighted that you took the time to send a note, and the rest of the
group will
appreciate that they did not have to open one more message that did not pertain to
them.
It is
not necessary to begin your
response message with the name of the person you are responding to. As noted above, every
message sent to the list is distributed to all members/subscribers of the
group, and discussion threads are followed via message Subject lines. Post
your message -- original or reply -- with
the presumption that everyone on the list will receive and read
it, not just the
person who wrote the original question or comment. (Instead of
starting your message with "Hi so-and-so," try responding in
the third person: "So-and-so asks ...") Likewise, any
list member may reply to any messages, including messages that appear to be addressed to another
list member. This is a group discussion forum, and
everyone is welcome to read and respond to every message posted. There
are no "private" messages once they are posted to the entire
group, and you are not "butting in" if you reply to a
message that has someone else's name on it. If your message will be
of interest only to the other person, if it is not related to tea, or if it is too
personal for the general list, then re-address it as described above and send it direct
to the individual. (If you really find it necessary to start your message by addressing an
individual person, it should be sent off-list.)
It
is also unnecessary to send copies (cc:) to individual list members.
Each message posted to the Teamail
list is distributed to every member. If you send a copy to an
individual member s/he will receive the same message twice.
A
gentle warning:
We
urge our subscribers: Do not post your home
address or telephone number to the list. Teamail and its administrators cannot be
responsible for any loss of privacy to individual subscribers.
If you would like to
plan a meeting,
group tea, tea swap, etc., you are welcome to make general announcements to the list,
but responses and plans should then be made off-list among the participants.
In general, ask yourself before posting
a message to the entire list: If someone else other than me were posting this message
would I be interested in reading it? If the answer is "no," then send it direct
to the specific individual(s) rather than to the list as a whole.
Remember: Selecting your email software's "Reply" function will send your response to the entire list.
See Question #5 for how to send or reply to messages direct to
individual members (off-list).
Regarding
spam, spammers, and trolls: The Teamail community does not permit
unsolicited commercial email ("spam"). In order to prevent spammers from sending
these types of messages to the list, all new subscribers are placed on moderated status
automatically by Yahoo!Groups. This means that messages sent by new subscribers must be
pre-screened by the list administrators. Spammers and trolls
(individuals who deliberately send off-topic messages, often of a
provocative or offensive nature) will be removed from the
community and banned from resubscribing. After a new subscriber has sent messages for
posting that meet the list criteria, moderated status may be removed. Although this creates extra work for the list moderators,
we believe it is worth the trouble to prevent inappropriate and/or offensive messages from
being sent to our community. Also see Question #9 regarding acceptable
commercial postings.
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7.
Must I post to Teamail in order to be a member/ subscriber?
No, some of our
members/subscribers are
"lurkers" who enjoy reading messages but do not post any of their own. You are
under no obligation to post messages to the list, but we do encourage
everyone to participate in discussions on any tea-related topic that interests them or in which they have any
expertise, and to ask questions.
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8.
Can I post to Teamail anonymously?
No. You must use the email address you used
for your subscription as your return address or the list server will not accept the
message. You are not, however, obliged to sign your real name to
posts. We urge all subscribers to refrain from posting personal
information to the list -- home address and/or telephone number, for
example -- to protect your privacy.
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9.
What about commercial posts (messages that are intended to solicit
business), and what is "AD DAY?"
A
large number of tea and tea-related vendors,
tea room owners, and other tea professionals subscribe to Teamail. We welcome their
participation, as they can often answer specific questions, and will occasionally make
special offers of interest to other subscribers (they also tend to be nice people :).
To avoid inundating our group with "hard sell"
commercial messages (a posting that
solicits business), retail vendors of products and/or services may
post only on our monthly
"AD DAY." If you own or work for a company that
sells tea or a tea-related product, or if you offer a tea-related
service or event, you may make a commercial announcement once a
month on Teamail's "AD DAY."
Our
monthly AD DAY is the only time when commercial messages
may be posted to the group. On this day, each vendor may post one commercial message. We
do not permit commercial postings at any other time,
although merchants may respond direct, off-list to members seeking
product sources.
Please
keep your AD DAY message brief and on topic, and be sure to
follow all AD DAY protocols. Company name and location must be clearly identified in the
posting. You may, if you wish, include in your posting a special offer
for Teamail
members. As with all Teamail messages, commercial messages cannot be
addressed or cc'd to other addressees, whether groups, lists, or
individuals. All Teamail messages must be addressed only to Teamail.
Commercial
announcements may not be posted on any other day of the
month. Of
course this will not limit vendors to just one post a month -- it is
one commercial post per month -- and it does not concern
your contributions to discussions on the list as an individual. We hope
our merchant members will make other
contributions to the general discussion of tea and tea-related topics.
Any
commercial posting by the business owner/manager/employee must
clearly identify their relationship to the business. In other words,
the message must make it clear that the person posting it has an
interest in the business. Those with an interest in a business may not
post "third-party" messages about their businesses (for
example, "Visit such-and-such a site" as if the site is
owned or operated by some unrelated party). Doing so is grounds for
removal from Teamail membership.
If
you, as a customer, are looking for a tea or item, you can post a
request to the list any time you want. Be sure to state that replies
from vendors be sent off-list to you directly, and include your email
address in your message. Non-commercial subscribers
who post recommendations for tea shops, events, or products should include a disclaimer that they
have no financial relationship to the tea shop, event, or product --
either that they are "happy customers" or have found the
information via search or reference, as the case may be.
A reminder will be posted to the group
before each AD DAY. Full AD DAY protocols can be found here.
AD DAY provides
our merchant members with an interested marketplace. AD DAY also
provides all of our members with a concise monthly run-down of
products, services, and vendors, and allows us to be up to date on the
latest tea trends, tea blends, tea rooms, accessories -- and maybe
even special offers or discounts for Teamail
members. Members who do not wish to receive AD DAY mailings can set
their local email software to filter out messages with AD DAY in the
Subject line, or simply delete them as received.
Signature lines: Anyone (business owner or personal) posting a message is welcome to use a "sig" that includes
their business name and website URL. Please keep it short and
tasteful.
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10.
How do we control subject lines and
the dreaded "thread drift?"
Members should read the subject line of each
message to follow a subject thread and find all messages in that thread. As a courtesy to
everyone, please try to keep the subject line relevant to the message's content. Be brief
but descriptive. When a discussion following a response to a post veers to a new topic,
please alter the subject line of your message to reflect the new topic. For example, if
you're responding to a post with a subject "Nad in London" and want to ask a
question or add your own London tea experiences, you can leave the subject line the same
(your email software will normally add a Re: before the subject). To respond to the same
post but only to the portion about rubber stamps with teapot designs, the new subject line
would be "Rubber stamps ... was: Nad in London." This makes it easier for all
subscribers to follow discussions and not miss one that might be of interest, or to skip
those that are not.
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11.
Is this a discussion group for herbal teas as beverages or medicines?
Although you will see occasional posts about
herbal, fruit, or floral tisanes or infusions, the principal topic of this list is tea,
the beverage derived from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.
Although we permit posted messages about health issues relating to
tea, we do not
encourage discussion of herbal medicine on this list; there are other fora for these
topics.
Members
are cautioned not to rely on message postings for medical information
or advice, and not to post messages that either solicit or offer medical advice. We strongly
urge all our members/subscribers to consult a qualified medical
practitioner for proper diagnosis and treatment of any condition,
illness, or disease.
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12. What about reading tea
leaves?
We recognize that
while some people find this topic
entertaining, others find it offensive. Realizing that it is impossible to please
everyone all the time, for the purposes of Teamail, which has no religious or political
preferences or affiliations, tea-leaf reading is considered a
tea-related topic and may be discussed on-list. Members/subscribers may post announcements of upcoming tea-leaf
reading events, reviews of such events or of publications (books, newspaper articles,
etc.), and other questions or comments of general interest. Please
be mindful of your fellow group members and state clearly
in the Subject line of any post on this topic: "Tea leaf reading" or
"Reading tea leaves" so individuals who do not care to read these messages may
skip them or delete them. To avoid receiving messages on this or any other specific topic,
you may wish to use local email filtering software. Note: Any post related to
this or any other topic that is deemed by the List Administrators to be offensive to the
list or its subscribers will result in the author being removed from
the group without
notice.
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13.
Can I read Teamail messages online? Is there an archive of
Teamail postings?
Yes.
You can read current and past messages by pointing
your browser to the Teamail host, Yahoo!Groups,
and clicking the Sign In link, then click the Messages link on the
left. Messages
and archives are available to current Teamail subscribers only, and
you will need a Yahoo!Groups userID to access the files. (If you do not have a Yahoo ID, instead click the Register link.
You will be prompted to select an ID and password, and to identify
these with your email subscription address.)
You
can also post new messages by clicking the Post link on the left, or
reply to current messages by clicking the Reply link accompanying the
message.
When
searching the archives, you may need to try different text strings to
locate the message(s) that contain material relating to your interest.
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14.
I'm not receiving any posts from Teamail. Why not?
First, be sure you subscribed correctly
and returned your subscription confirmation (see Question #3). This is a fairly active
group, but
does occasionally go through "silent" periods. Sometimes our list host is
temporarily off-line while performing server maintenance. Additionally, email is not 100%
reliable.
If you are a subscriber and are not receiving posts, try posting a query on some
tea-related topic. (Do not
post an administrative query or "test message" to the list.)
Since your name is on the subscriber distribution list, you should receive
a copy of your post. You will also likely receive one or more responses that are posted to
the list.
Please note that the elapsed time between when you send your post to
Teamail
and when it is delivered to your (or anyone else's) inbox may vary from a few minutes to
several hours or longer. This is a function of traffic at the time you post, and is also
influenced by the general vagaries of the Internet; Teamail has no control over these
aspects. If you don't see your post within a day or two we suggest you try posting it
again. If you continue to experience problems, contact the list administrators
direct, off-list.
Another possibility is that you may have
temporarily suspended your list mail -- perhaps while you went on vacation -- as you might
do with snailmail, or set it to read on the web site only. Check to see if your
account is set to No Mail by following the instructions you will receive in the welcome
letter when you subscribe to the Teamail list (or see Question #15). Or
you can send a
restart-delivery request: If you want to receive list mail as
individual messages, send your request to: teamail-normal@yahoogroups.com. If you prefer to receive list mail in digest format, send to: teamail-digest@yahoogroups.com.
Also
check that any filtering schemes that have been set in your local email
software are not inadvertently deleting Teamail
messages. If you use a webmail account (such as Hotmail or Yahoo) to
access Teamail, and have activated your webmail service provider's
spam protection, you may also be filtering out list mail. Check your
settings, and read the Help screens to find out how to redirect list
mail to your webmail's inbox.
Some
schools and businesses automatically filter out list mailings through
their firewall or security software. If you subscribe from school or
work and are having trouble receiving Teamail,
discuss the problem with your system administrator. In the event that
you are not permitted to receive list mail at your location, you can
use a different email address to subscribe, or you can read Teamail
at the YahooGroups
web site.
From time to time there may be a prolonged
problem with the list server. If the Teamail list goes off-line
permanently, the
List Administrators will attempt to contact you regarding an alternate
meeting place.
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15.
Account changes: How can I stop my list mail temporarily (during
vacations, etc.)? And how can I change the email address where I receive
my Teamail?
Temporary
mail stop: Like your postal or snailmail, Teamail email can
be stopped temporarily without unsubscribing. This requires a web
browser. Point your browser to the Teamail host, Yahoo!Groups, and
click the Sign in link in the upper right-hand corner of the green
bar. (If you do not have a Yahoo ID instead click the Register link.
You will be prompted to select an ID and password, and to identify
these with your email subscription address. You need to register only
one time, and then will have a permanent ID.) After successfully logging in, you
will reach the Teamail (teamail) page. To
the right you will see a drop-down list. Select No Mail/Web Only, then click the Save
Changes button below. Within a short time, as Yahoo!Groups updates their database, you will
stop receiving list mail.
When you return and wish to receive
Teamail again, follow the instructions above, setting the mail option in the drop-down
list to Individual Message or Digest, as you prefer. Or you can
reactivate your list mail by sending an email message to teamail-normal@yahoogroups.com
(to receive individual list messages) or teamail-digest@yahoogroups.com
(to receive daily digests). You do not need to write anything in the
Subject line or the body text; these can be left blank.
If you do not have access to a web browser,
please contact the list administrators for
assistance.
Changing
your email address: Please note that individual members'
subscription accounts are private. The List Administrators do not
have access to alter these accounts, and cannot change the email
address you use for messages and group features.
If
you wish to change the email address where you receive your Teamail,
you must do one of the following:
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Visit
the Teamail
page at Yahoo!Groups, log in with userID and password as
above, and update the information in your Account settings.
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If
you do not have access to a web browser, you will need to
subscribe directly from your new email address. Send a
subscription request to
teamail-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Be sure to send the request from
the email address you want to use for Teamail
membership. (If you still have access to your old email address,
please unsubscribe from that address by sending an unsubscribe
message to teamail-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Or you can notify the list administrators that the old account is
no longer in use.)
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16.
What if I don't want to be a subscriber/member any more?
We hope you will enjoy being a member of
Teamail, but understand that sometimes circumstances may change. Do not
post an
unsubscribe request to the list -- it will be deleted without action. You can unsubscribe by sending an email message from
the email account where you receive your Teamail to teamail-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. The
Subject line and body of the message can be left blank. You will receive a message asking
you to send a confirmation reply; this is a security device to be sure that no one is
unsubscribing you without your knowledge. Click your email's Reply button, then send --
you don't need to add additional text. Within a few hours, as your request is processed,
you will no longer receive Teamail messages.
If
you have web access you can also unsubscribe through the Yahoo!Groups
web site; log in and make the change to your account.
Please note: If you experience any difficulties, please
contact the list administrators for
unsubscribe assistance.
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17.
How is the Teamail list different
from rec.food.drink.tea newsgroup?
Teamail list messages are sent from and
delivered to your email account. You do not need news reader or web browser software to
participate. Your email address is available only to the other subscribers to the list,
and only through your posts to the list or off-list messages to individual
subscribers.
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18. Is
Teamail actively soliciting for new subscribers via public announcements?
We occasionally post notices about
Teamail
on various newsgroups or other online and off-line media. Current members may also recommend other tea lovers for membership.
If you would like the List Administrators to send an invitation to a
prospective member, just send
a request, including the individual's email address and name.
We'll send an "official" invitation :-).
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19. How private are
Teamail
postings?
Messages posted to
Teamail are distributed
only to subscribers of the Teamail list. The policy statement of the organization that
hosts Teamail (Yahoo!Groups) bars spamming, the sale of mailing lists by
Yahoo!Groups or by individual list owners or users, and the use of
Yahoo!Groups
lists as a source for creating a new list for the purpose of sending
unsolicited email. They also assure us that list messages are
not read, redistributed, or in any way monitored by Yahoo!Groups, although they do reserve the
right to step in if they receive a complaint that a list they host is participating in
inappropriate or illegal practices.
The
Teamail
List Administrators do not publish, post, or
otherwise display the list of subscribers either on- or off-list, but do reserve the right
to maintain a secured off-line copy for reference. See also Questions #
20 and
#21 below.
Please
note that both
Teamail
and Yahoo!Groups, in accordance with U.S. and international copyright
laws, assign copy rights (ownership) of original material posted
to the Teamail list to the individual author of that material.
Reproduction of Teamail
posts, in full or in part, in any
medium or format, whether by online or off-line methods, without the prior written consent of the copyright
owner is strictly prohibited and
grounds for immediate removal from the Teamail community and from Yahoo!Groups,
and may result in legal action against the offender(s).
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20. Okay, if
Yahoo!Groups isn't
selling our addresses, what do they get out of this arrangement?
At the
bottom of each Teamail post and the top of each digest you will see a brief advertisement sponsored by one of
Yahoo!Groups' advertisers. These advertisements may be of interest to you,
and you are welcome to follow any advertisement link. Or you may choose to ignore them; you are under no obligation to patronize any of the
advertisers.
When
you access the Teamail(c)/Yahoo!Groups web site, you'll also see
advertisements. Again, you are under no obligation, but can click
through on any advert to get more information.
We believe
these advertisements are a minor intrusion into our group -- a reasonable
trade-off for the free hosting service -- but we welcome subscribers' comments.
Yahoo!Groups assures us that mailing list
addresses are not sold to their advertisers. If you believe you
have received spam as a result of your participation in Teamail, or if you receive an
advertisement that you find offensive, please contact
the list administrators direct, off-list.
Quoting from the
Yahoo!Groups FAQ: "Yahoo!Groups
strongly believes in privacy and will never disclose an individual's registration
information to anyone without their express consent." Due to the nature of the
Internet in general, there are no guarantees of complete privacy no matter what system is
used. We believe this service offers as reasonable a comfort level as other hosting
services. You are encouraged to read Yahoo!Groups' FAQ and their
policy statement on spamming.
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21.
What do I do if someone on the list is acting inappropriately?
As stated above, we expect all
Teamail
members/subscribers to behave as courteous, responsible adults. All
message postings must reflect not only our topic but must be expressed
civilly. Rudeness, vulgarity, and insults directed against any
individual or group will not be tolerated.
If you believe that
another member/subscriber has
acted inappropriately, please contact
the list administrators who will decide how to respond: whether to contact the person
and attempt to correct the behaviour, or by removing the person from the list. The choice
will be at the sole discretion of the list administrators. Do not
initiate a discussion about this to the whole list, and do not
post a "rebuke" to the list; doing so may jeopardize your own list
privileges.
You may also send a courteous message off-list to
the original author, bearing in mind the terms outlined in the following paragraphs.
Explain the problem clearly and neutrally; often what one member
interprets as offensive is a simple misunderstanding or mis-statement
that can be easily corrected.
If someone behaves inappropriately in
private email to you in response to your list post, forward the offending message
to the list administrators. The administrators will, again, decide how to proceed. If you ask
someone not to contact you directly and s/he continues to do so, advise the list
administrators, who again will determine how to proceed.
Spamming,
vulgar language, or sending
hate mail are grounds for immediate removal and banning from the list. Any subscriber
who sells, gives, or otherwise conveys the list of subscribers or any part thereof to
anyone outside the list, or who adds subscriber names or addresses without that person's
express permission, may be removed from the list without notice. Anyone who sells, gives, or otherwise
conveys any Teamail post in full or in part to anyone outside the list, including
cross-posting, without obtaining the express consent of the original
author/member may be
removed from the list without notice. Anyone who uses
subscriber names and addresses for purposes of creating a separate
email list for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, may be removed
from the list without notice, and may be in violation of
Yahoo!Groups Terms of Service.
We reserve the right to add or remove
members at will. We reserve the right to determine what is appropriate and inappropriate,
and to edit inappropriate material as required. Teamail, its members, and its
administrators are not responsible for the content posted on the list. If you find it
objectionable, it is your sole responsibility to remove yourself from the subscription
list. Any advice or material that you find here is for entertainment purposes only. Legal
liability for the content of posts made to Teamail lies with the individual poster, not
the list. All subscribers are responsible for reading this FAQ in its
entirety and abiding by our protocols. If you do
not understand the above material, you should unsubscribe from the list immediately.
All subscribers are responsible for reading the Yahoo!Groups Terms
of Service and abiding by all Yahoo!Groups protocols.
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22. Email commands for common
Teamail list functions:
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any questions or comments:
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