GACDL Listserver Policy
The members of the listserver shall consist of members of GACDL. In extraordinary cases, non-GACDL members shall be included on a case by case basis as approved by the executive committee of the Board of Directors.
1) All listserver messages shall include the first and last names of the author.
2) In order to protect the integrity of the listserver and its members, no messages may be disseminated to anyone outside of GACDL without express permission of all authors.
3) No off topic discussion is permitted on the listserver. Any member may post an off topic question or message with “OT” in the subject line; however, responses to off topic posts must go privately to the originator of the thread and not to the entire listserver. Please remember to press REPLY and not REPLY ALL when responding to off topic messages.
Any member who violates listserver policy may be subject to disciplinary sanctions by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
Going on vacation?
Coming back from vacation?
Create a Yahoo ID & control
your message delivery
Not receiving listserver messages?
Learn about "Bouncing" messages
How do I subscribe to the GACDL listserver?
Yahoo calls the listserver a "group." There are several ways to
join a group (subscribe to the list):
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Email GACDL to Subscribe Send an email to one of the moderators of the list (Jennifer Carter at jenncarter@mindspring.com or Michael Shapiro at mbshapir@bellsouth.net and request an invitation to join the GACDL group. Please be certain to identify yourself in the email, as listserver subscriptions are open only to GACDL members. |
Email Yahoo to Subscribe Send an email to: In the comment field, please be certain to identify yourself in the email, as listserver subscriptions are open only to GACDL members. |
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Link to Subscribe You can also request a subscription by clicking on this link:
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Respond to an Invitation to Join If one of the moderators of the list sent you an email invitation to join the GACDL group, click on the link provided to join via the Yahoo!Groups web site and follow the instructions. |
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How do I unsubscribe from the GACDL listserver?
There are two ways to unsubscribe from the group (the GACDL listserver):
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To unsubscribe on the Web
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To unsubscribe via email: From your email program, send a blank message to: |
Alternatively, you may wish to remain a
member but reduce or eliminate group email by changing your subscription option
to No Mail/Web only, Daily Digest, or Special Announcement.
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What if my email address changes?
From time to time, all of us change our email addresses. Since Yahoo!Groups & the GACDL listserver know you by your email address, you will stop receiving mail if your "old" email address is cancelled. In order to continue receiving listserver mail, YOU must subscribe from your "new" email address. This is as simple as viewing the section at the top of this page called How do I subscribe to the GACDL listserver? Note that it is NOT possible for the listserver administrators to merely "change" your email address listing on the listserver. With a "new" email address, you must subscribe from that "new" email address.
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Create a Yahoo ID so you can Control Your Mail Delivery
When the GACDL listserver at Yahoo!Groups was created in July of 2003, existing subscribers were "added" to the new list. Controlling message delivery (such as upon the return from vacation, or just adjusting mail between Individual Email, Daily Digest, No Mail and Special Notices only) requires that one log-in to Yahoo, and thus a Yahoo ID is necessary. These steps will "associate" an email address with a Yahoo ID:
- Go to www.yahoo.com and select "Sign up now" under the Personal Assistant heading, then select "Sign up now" under Free Yahoo! Mail; or go directly to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register?.v=8&.intl=&new=1&.done=&.src=ym&.partner=&.p=&promo=&.last=
- Complete the page entitled "Sign up for your Yahoo! ID with Mail." Be certain to enter your usual email address on the line marked "Current Email" just beneath the line requesting your birthday.
- Follow the rest of the instructions to complete the creation of your Yahoo ID, and the instructions on the email that Yahoo sends to your usual email address from line 2, above. This links your Yahoo ID to your usual email address.
- Once you've completed the process, you can log in to Yahoo using the ID and password you created.
- Click on the link marked "Go to My Groups," then select the group gacdl.
- To adjust your email delivery settings, select "Edit My Groups" and pick from the four options: Individual Emails, Daily Digest, Special Notices only and No Mail.
- Remember to select the box marked "Save Changes" to keep the new settings.
- You may delete your yahoo.com email address, so long as you do not delete the "Current Email" address. This will stop the duplication of messages at both your usual email address and your yahoo.com address.
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Already have a Yahoo ID but need to Control Your Mail Delivery?
- Log in to Yahoo using your Yahoo ID.
- Under the Personal Assistant tab (purple) on the right hand side of the screen, click on the link for "Acct. Info" (you'll be asked for your password again for security reasons).
- Under the Member Information line (yellow) click on the "Edit" button.
- Under the Email Information section (grey-blue) enter your "real" email address (the one you get listserver messages at) in the line marked Alternate Email 1.
- Click the button marked "Finished."
- You'll return to the Account Information screen where you need to click a second button marked "Finished."
- Yahoo should send an email to your "real" email address (the one you entered in the Alternate Email 1 line). Follow the instructions on the email you get to verify that you want your "real" email address associated with your Yahoo ID.
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How can I put message delivery on hold while I'm away and unable to check email?
Do NOT use the "set vacation" command when going on vacation; that command worked for the OLD listserver but will NOT work on the Yahoo!Groups listserver.
A Note about Vacations: Yahoo!Groups allows subscribers to set a "No EMail" flag, such as when one goes on vacation, however GACDL strongly encourages its members to use the "Special Notices" flag instead. This ensures that routine listserver messages are stopped (they can be viewed online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gacdl upon one's return), while important administrative messages, such as a change in the password to the Members Only Section (MOS) are received.
There are two ways to temporarily stop your listserver while while on vacation:
Method One
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Method Two Send an email to: gacdl-nomail@yahoogroups.com. |
When you return, you can catch up on the messages you missed by going to the Messages section of the GACDL group. GACDL archives messages so that you'll never miss messages that were posted in your absence. please note that the "set vacation" command was for the old AltLaw-based listserver, which was used prior to July of 2003. The "set vacation" command will NOT work on the Yahoo!Groups listserver and most likely will appear for all listserver subscribers to see (and joke about). If you want to go on vacation & temporarily stop your listserver mail, you must use one of the two methods shown above.
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How do I restore message delivery once I've returned from vacation?
If you've temporarily stopped your mail (such as while you're on vacation), you will want to restore mail delivery upon your return. This process works whether you've used the web ("method one") or email ("method two") procedure to temporarily stop your mail:
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Make sure you're signed in to Yahoo!Groups. Then, go to the My Groups page ( http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups) and select the gacdl group. [Alternatively, you can go directly to the gacdl group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gacdl/ and then sign in.]
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From the main page, select the link at the top-right-hand corner of the screen called "Edit my Membership"
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Scroll down to the section called "Message Delivery"
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Select the method of mail delivery that best suits you: "Individual Emails" to have each listserver message sent to you as it is posted; "Daily Digest" to have messages bundled together; or "Special Notices" to have only administrative messages such as a change in the Members Only Section (MOS) password sent to you.
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Click the Save Changes button.
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How can I post a message to a group?
You can post messages to the GACDL group by email or from the Yahoo!Groups web
site:
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Via Email To send a message to other group members, create an email and address it to gacdl@yahoogroups.com. The email address is not case sensitive. Note: you can only post to groups you've joined, and only from email addresses registered with Yahoo!Groups. If you misspell the name of a group, or attempt to send an email from an account other than the one you joined under, your message will not be delivered. If you receive a failure notice, check your email addresses and try again. |
Via the Yahoo!Groups Web Site After you've signed in, go to the gacdl groupand click Post, write your message, and then click Send Message. |
Note: Yahoo!Groups restricts messages to 1 megabyte in size to prevent abuse. GACDL prohibits attachments to messages in order to prevent virus infections.
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Can I post messages from the web
site?
To post a message from the web site, go to the Post section of the Messages
area, compose your message, and click Send.
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What are the options for each of my
group subscriptions?
You have these options for your message delivery for each group:
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Individual Emails Messages are delivered one at a time to your email inbox. This is the best option if you want to keep up on the latest post, however if the volume of messages becomes too much, consider the Daily Digest feature. |
Messages are delivered in batches of 25 or daily, whichever comes sooner. This is the best option if you want to receive fewer mail messages and don't need up-to-the minute posts in your inbox. |
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This means you will receive email messages only when the group moderator posts a "Special Notice" message. This is a good option if you want to pass on day-to-day discussion for very busy groups but do want to receive important updates from the group moderator (such as changes in access to the Members Only Section). |
No EMail / Web Only This option puts email message delivery on hold, for example while you are on vacation. With message archiving, this option still permits you to read messages at the Yahoo!Groups web site even though you're not receiving the messages via email. |
To set any of these options, go to My Groups and choose from the drop-down list of message delivery options for your group.
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How can I
view a list of subscribers to the list?
Click the Members button.
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Why Don't I Get Listserver Mail?
If you believe you are a subscriber to the listserver but haven't received mail in a while, one of two things may have happened. You may have changed your email delivery to No Mail or Special Notice only, or your email from the listserver may have "bounced" (not been received properly) causing Yahoo!Groups to temporarily disable your account.
Messages can be returned for several reasons:
 | Your mailbox may be full -- try deleting messages from your Inbox. |
| Your ISP may have a backlog of email to process -- contact your ISP. |
| Your ISP may be blocking email from Yahoo!Groups -- contact your ISP. |
In many cases, Yahoo!Groups can automatically reactivate your account once the delivery problem is solved. However, in some cases you will need to manually reactivate your account:
- Visit your My Groups page.
- Look for a bounce alert near the top of the page.
- Click the Alert link to reactivate your account.
If you use either Hotmail or MSN for your email, these instructions may help you in resolving frequent "bouncing" mail issues:
- go to your inbox in msn.com (or hotmail.com)
- click on Options (probably on the right side of screen)
- click on Junk Email protection
- click on Safe List
- enter "@yahoogroups.com" omitting quotes OR "@ yahoogroups. com" omitting spaces AND quotes in the box for Type an address or domain click the add button
- enter "yahoo-register@..." omitting quotes OR "yahoo-register @ cc.yahoo-inc. com" omitting spaces AND quotes in the box for Type an address or domain click the add button
- enter "my-login-request@..." omitting quotes OR "my-login-request @ cc.yahoo-inc. com" omitting spaces AND quotes in the box for Type an address or domain click the add button
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Note for CJA (federal appointments under the "Criminal Justice Act") or PD ("public defender") subscribers:
To administer your subscription to the CJA or PD list, substitute the following wherever the notes above indicate the Yahoo!Group called gacdl
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for the CJA list, use gacdlcja, examples: the site would be http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gacdlcja and the address to post messages would be gacdlcja@yahoogroups.com |
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for the PD list, use gacdlpd, examples: the site would be http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gacdlpd and the address to post messages would be gacdlpd@yahoogroups.com |
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