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EMAIL AND WEB TIPS
Archives, how to find local listserv
Basics that everyone should know to make your life easier on the computer
Broken Links in email messages, how to repair
Font-Size, how to change
Listserv Passwords, how to find
Listserv Passwords, how to change
Listserv Rosters, how to find
Listserv Subscriber Password Reminders, monthly
Netiquette?
Replying with proper Netiquette
Shortening too long URLs - tiny URLs
Unsubscribing yourself from any UUCE listserv
Virus Hoaxes, or how not to get tricked
• REPAIRING (easily!) A BROKEN LINK ONTO TWO OR MORE LINES IN AN EMAIL MESSAGE (so you can get to that website)
Let's say that the (URL) link which should be on one line in the email message you have received is broken onto two lines like this:
~~~ <http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/
~~ ~listinfo/spontaneuus>
When this happens in an email message, you can click on it, but since a blank space is sometimes be inadvertantly entered by your computer at the break, the link fails.
To repair it, look for (or copy and paste) the URL into the line on your browser where you normally type the URL you want to visit. Find the place where the URL breaks*, that is, at the asterisk:
~~~ <http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/*
~~~ listinfo/spontaneuus>
Compare the failed URL with the original URL in your browser for odd symbols or numbers (representing html code for "a blank space") that are NOT showing in the original.
~~~1) Place your cursor on the URL line in your browser right after the errant symbols or numbers (probably something like one or more "%20"),
~~~2) backspace to remove them— and only them—from the URL so it reads just like the original (even though the original is on two lines).
~~~3) Now press enter/return to get taken to the address you want.
4) Repeat if there is more than one break in the URL.
In other words, if your browser URL shows
<http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/%20listinfo/spontaneuus>, you would compare it with the original and remove just the "%20". Then press enter (PC) or return (Mac) to call for the corrected location. Try clicking on that link and repairing it in your browser.
[For those sending long URLs, the very easy to use http://tinyurl.com/ does not require a log in or registration. Highlight the URL in your browser, copy it, go to <http://www.tinyurl.com>, paste in the copied URL in the line in the body of the page, press enter or return. Copy the new short URL and paste it into your document.]
If you have problems or get frustrated, it is perfectly OK to ask the webmaster or listmanager to remove you from a UUCE listserv. The listmanager@uueugene.org thinks this stuff is fun.
- At the bottom of ANY message in the UUCE system, there is a link that takes you to YOUR subscription information page FOR THAT LISTSERV. If you as a member of that listserv are allowed to see the Roster, you can click that link, then scroll down that page to the button that says "Visit Subscriber List." You may need your password, or not.
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- If you do need your password, go back to the previous page (use the back button at the top of your browser window), then click the final button "Unsubscribe or edit options." The next page has a bottom button that says "Remind". Click it, then go back again to your previous page. Now click into your email program to bring it to the fore, call for new mail, then use the password that was sent to you to get into the Subscriber Roster.
• UNSUBSCRIBE YOURSELF FROM A UUCE LISTSERV
1. Click on the bottom-most link of any message from the listserv you'd like to unsubscribe from.
2. Now skip # 2 and #3, and go to #4 below.
OR
1. Start your web browser.
2. Go to the web page: http://www.uueugene.org/web/Lists.html on the church website.
3. Click on the link to go to the web address for the listserv you want to work with.
4. The web page for that e-mail list will appear. Scroll to the bottom of the page but do NOT put your email address into the box. Just click on the link for "Unsubscribe or Edit Options."
5. On the page that opens, click the middle button: "Unsubscribe."
6. Open your email message receiver and ask for New Mail. Confirmation that you are now unsubscribed from only that listserv should arrive immediately (or "soon").
If you have problems or get frustrated, it is perfectly OK to ask the webmaster or listmanager to remove you from a UUCE listserv. The listmanager@uueugene.org thinks this stuff is fun.
• LISTSERV ARCHIVES
1. Click on the bottom-most link of any message from the listserv you'd like to see the archives of.
2. Now skip # 2 and #3, and go directly to #4 below.
OR
1. Start your web browser
2. Go to the web page: http://www.uueugene.org/web/Lists.html on the church website
3. Click on the link to go to the web address for the listserv you want to work with
4. The web page for that e-mail list will appear. Read down (scroll down if necessary) and click on the very first highlighted link "Archives." If there is no link called Archives, then the archives are either not available or only available to the listmanager. Ask.
5. If the Archives are available, as a member of the listserv, you will be taken right to the Archive. The archive is arranged by months, quarters or years. You can vew the messages by Thread, Subject, Author, or Date. There's also an option to download an entire quarter's collection of messages.
Viewing by thread will list the messages by subject, with subsequent replies indented underneath them.
Viewing by subject simply arranges the quarter's e-mail alphabetically by subject with no indentation.
Viewing by date lists the messages in the order the server received them in.
Viewing by author is another flat list, with messages grouped by author and then chronologically.
6. When you double-click on one of the messages, you can read it in plain text (not html). Any attachments are lost.
If you have problems or get frustrated, it is perfectly OK to ask the webmaster or listmanager for help. The listmanager@uueugene.org thinks this stuff is fun.
• YOUR PASSWORD FOR A LOCAL UUCE LISTSERV
1. Click on the absolutely bottom-most link of any message from the listserv you'd like the password for.
2. Now skip # 2 and #3, and go directly to #4 below.
OR
1. Start your web browser
2. Go to the web page: http://www.uueugene.org/web/Lists.html on the church website
3. Click on the link to go to the web address for the listserv you want to work with
4. The web page for that e-mail list will appear. Scroll to the bottom of the page, do NOT put in your email address but do click on the link for "Unsubscribe or Edit Options."
5. Now click on the third and last button on the new page: "Remind"
6. Open your email message receiver and ask for New Mail. Your password should arrive immediately (or "soon").
Note: Near the first of every month, you will automatically get a message mentioning each local UUCE listserv you are subscribed to, from each of your addresses, plus its password. You might want to change all your listserv passwords to a non-word you will remember.
If you have problems or get frustrated, it is perfectly OK to ask the webmaster or listmanager to walk you through how to change your password. This is not a burden: The webmaster@uueugene.org thinks this stuff is fun.
• CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ON UUCE LISTSERVS
1. Click on the bottom-most link of any message from the listserv you'd like to change the password for.
2. Now skip # 2 and #3, and go directly to #4 below.
OR
1. Start your web browser
2. Go to the web page: http://www.uueugene.org/web/Lists.html on the church website
3. Scroll down and then click on the link to go to the web address for the listserv you want to work with
4. The web page for that e-mail list will appear. Scroll to the bottom of the page, add your email address if it is not already there, and click on the button for "Unsubscribe or Edit Options."
5. Look for a heading on the right called "Change Your Password." Write the new password twice. If you want to change all your church listserv passwords to the same word, check the box below called "Change globally." Click on "Change My Password." [Note: You must have subscribed to all the church listservs with the same email address, otherwise the system does not recognize you as you.]
6. Open your email message receiver and ask for New Mail. Your password should arrive immediately (unless the web gremlins are napping).
If you have problems or get frustrated, it is perfectly OK to ask the webmaster or listmanager to help. The listmanager@uueugene.org thinks this stuff is fun.
Those long URL’s (Uniform Resource Locater) can be annoying. Many of us have had the experience of finding a really great Web page that we want to share with others but the URL is soooo long that it doesn’t copy and paste on one line and creates a broken link. The extra work it requires to get the link to work can be annoying.
Solution: www.TinyURL.com provides an elegant solution. Copy the long URL, paste it into the TinyURL page, and a shorter URL magically appears.
Example: This long URL:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=44.01146,-123.086357&spn=0.008935,0.012403&t=h&z=16&msid=1115841184830
08238094.000455559acb1988423db
• CHANGE THE TEXT SIZE FOR READING WEBSITES (See also Email)
You may choose to change the default text size or font when you're browsing the Web (the default is what the computer does if no one tells it differently). The instructions below include information about how to override designer-set font and text sizes in favor of your choices.
Change the Default Text Size
A) On your IE (Internet Explorer) browser menu, choose: View -> Text Size, then select one of the five sizes (Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller or Smallest).
You can do this as often as you like, as you surf from site to site. If the size doesn't change, the web designers have used a fixed text size; in this case, you can change your settings to ignore specified fonts or text sizes (see Force below).
B) OR if you have a wheel on your mouse, you can hold down the CTRL key and turn the wheel to change the text size.
Note: Your IE browser defaults to meduim, but it will remember the last text size you used. So, if you want it to always be set to the Largest setting, close all of the windows but one, set the font size to largest, then exit the browser. The next time it comes up, it will be set to largest (etc).
C) Or you could try a keyboard shortcut. Use "CTRL" and " + " to increase text size or "CTRL" and " - " to decrease text size. On some keyboards the "+" is a capital "=", but you don't need to use the shift key to change the text size. Hold down "CTRL" with one finger and press the " +/= " key with another. The two keys must be held down together; pressing one after the other won't work. If you use a MAC, try the Apple key and the "+/=" key.
Mozilla has 16 size gradations, compared to Microsoft IE's five. (If your eyes are really bad, consider downloading Mozilla Firefox and enlarging the text to "billboard.")
D) If these don't work, a final idea might: In the Netscape browser, choose: View -> Increase Text Size or Decrease Text Size, then you may also use "CTRL" and " ] " (close square bracket) to increase text size or "CTRL" and " [ " (open square bracket) to decrease text size. The two keys must be held down together; pressing one after the other won't work.
Change the Default Font
A) On your IE browser menu, choose: Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Fonts. Choose Web Page. Arial and Verdana are both clean, modern and easy to read. Times New Roman is elegant. Try a few and select one you like.
B) Or on your Firefox browser menu, choose: Tools -> Options -> General -> Fonts & Colors, then choose fonts for Proportional, Serif, Sans-serif and Mono spaced. (A capital "M" and a lower-case "i" will be the same width in a mono-space font, different widths in the others.)
C) OR on your Netscape browser, choose: Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Font, then chose Verdana and a size.
Override or Force Your Browser to Use Your Font and/or Text Size
A) On your IE browser menu, choose: Tools -> Internet Options -> General. Select the "Accessibility..." button, then select the check box next to "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages" and/or the check box next to "Ignore font styles specified on Web pages".
B) Or on your Firefox browser menu, choose: Tools -> Options -> General -> Fonts & Colors. Select the check box next to either or both: "Always use my: __Fonts __Colors".
C) OR if you are using Netscape, choose: Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Font, then select the box next to "Use my default fonts, overriding document-specified fonts."
• CHANGE THE SIZE OF E-MAIL TEXT SIZE (@), try one of these ideas:
a) On a PC, press the Command and Shift keys, simultaneously, then repeatedly press the "+" key... until the font is readable.
On a Mac, press the Apple and "+" keys at the same time, pressing the "+" key as often as needed.
b) On a Mac or PC, find the "style" command - Right click or Alt click to get several choices, including "bigger."
c) On a Mac or PC, press the Reply key even if you are not intending to reply, and then read your message in the new window that opens up. The Reply window should display the message in the font and size you have set on your computer instead of in the font and size set by the sending computer. If not, then in that "reply" press the Control and Shift and "+" keys together or the Apple and "+" keys to enlarge the print. If you're not intending to reply, you can read the message, then close this window.
• PROPER NETIQUETTE - REPLIES
When replying to an e-mail message, especially when the reply is going to a list, be sure to use a wonderful little tool: the DELETE key on your keyboard. If the original message you are replying to is very long,
• highlight the irrelevant parts from the original message
• delete it from the quoted text in your message.
If the original message has repetitive footers or signatures (say, for example, repeated information about the e-mail list),
• highlight the repeated information
• then delete it from the quoted text in your reply.
If your reply message is two words (or essentially means the same thing without moving the conversation on further), like "me, too!" "that's stupid," "I agree", or "very funny," consider sending the reply only to the original message's author instead of the whole list. To do that, highlight the TO field in your reply, delete it, then put in the name of the original sender. OR press REPLY-TO-ALL and delete the list-address, leaving only the original sender.
• HOAXES, VIRUSES
The next time you receive and e-mail about the Next Very Big Computer Virus, take a moment to check out the following web sites to be sure that you are not being taken in by a virus hoax message:
Symantec's List of Hoaxes:
http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp
Snope's List of Viruses and Hoaxes:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp
or just http://www.snopes.com
Microsoft's Computer Security Web Page (where they would announce any Virus Threat):
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
CNN's Technology News Web Page (where they would announce that a virus "was the biggest threat yet"):
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
MacWorld's Security News Web Page (where Macintosh threats would be announced):
http://www.macworld.com/topics/security.html
• MAILING LIST MEMBERSHIPS REMINDER NOTICES
At the beginning of every month subscribers should get a message which helps them control their subscriptions. It contains the listservs at UUCE which you are a subscriber to, their passwords, and the URL to get to the administrative page for that listserv. You can visit the URLs to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation). The message looks like this:
From: <mailman-owner@uueugene.org>
Date: <near the beginning of the month>
Subject: uueugene.org mailing list memberships reminder
This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about your uueugene.org mailing list memberships. It includes your subscription info and how to use it to change it or unsubscribe from a list.
You can use the passwords to visit the URLs to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. You can also change all the passwords to some word (the same word, even) or non-word that you can remember more easily.
In addition to the URL interfaces, you can also use email to make such changes. For more info, send a message to the '-request' address of the list (for example, mailman-request@uueugene.org) containing just the word 'help' in the message body, and an email message will be sent to you with instructions.
If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to
<mailman-owner@uueugene.org>. Thanks!
Subscription Passwords for YourEmail@addresses.com
Listnames [at UUCE to which you are subscribed] Passwords
URL for your admin page
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interweave@uueugene.org xxxxxx
http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/interweave
uuce-chat@uueugene.org xxxxxx
http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/uuce-chat
uuce-news@uueugene.org xxxxxx
http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/uuce-news
uuce-share@uueugene.org xxxxxx
http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/uuce-share
spontaneuus@uueugene.org xxxxxx
http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/spontaneuus
• BASICS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW TO MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER ON THE COMPUTER
From an article by DAVID POGUE in the NY Times
- * You can double-click a word to highlight it in any document, e-mail or Web page.
* When you get an e-mail message from eBay or your bank, claiming that you have an account problem or a question from a buyer, it's probably a "phishing scam" intended to trick you into typing your password. Don't click the link in the message. If in doubt, go into your browser and type "www.ebay.com" (or whatever) manually.
* Nobody, but nobody, is going to give you half of $80 million to help them liberate the funds of a deceased millionaire...from Nigeria or anywhere else.
* You can hide all windows, revealing only what's on the computer desktop, with one keystroke: Windows key+D in Windows, Apple+H or F11 on Macs (or, on recent Mac laptops, Command+F3; "Command" is the key with the cloverleaf or Apple logos). That's great when you want examine or delete something you've just downloaded to the desktop, for example. Press the keystroke again to return to what you were doing.
* You can enlarge the text on any Web page. In Windows, press Ctrl and the plus or minus keys (for bigger or smaller fonts); on the Mac, it's the Command key and plus or minus. You can also enlarge the entire Web page or document by pressing the Control key as you turn the wheel on top of your mouse. On the Mac, this enlarges the entire screen image.
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- * When someone sends you some shocking e-mail and suggests that you pass it on, don't. At least not until you've first confirmed its truth at snopes.com, the Internet's authority on e-mailed myths. This includes get-rich schemes, Microsoft/AOL cash giveaways, and —especially lately—nutty, scare-tactic messages about our Presidential candidates.
* You can tap the Space bar to scroll down on a Web page one screenful at a time. Add the Shift key to scroll back up.
* When you're filling in the boxes on a Web page (like City, State, Zip), you can press the Tab key to jump from box to box, rather than clicking. Add the Shift key to jump through the boxes backwards.
* You can adjust the size and position of any window on your computer. Drag the top strip to move it; drag the lower-right corner (Mac) or any edge (Windows) to resize it.
* When you're searching for something on the Web using, say, Google, put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. For example, if you put quotes around "electric curtains," Google won't waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word "electric" and another set containing the word "curtains."
* You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter. On the computer, * means "times" and / means "divided by."
* If you can't find some obvious command, like Delete in a photo program, try clicking using the right-side mouse button to get a command menu. (On the Mac, you can Control-click instead.)
* Google is also a units-of-measurement and currency converter. Type "teaspoons in 1.3 gallons," for example, or "euros in 17 dollars." Click Search to see the answer.
* You can open the Start menu by tapping the key with the Windows logo on it.
* You can switch from one open program to the next by pressing Alt+Tab (Windows) or Command-Tab (Mac). On the Mac, you can also leave two or three programs open at once, off center so you can see a corner of each one. To switch to another window, click your cursor once on the window you want to use next. It will come to the fore.
* Just putting something into the Trash or the Recycle Bin doesn't actually delete it. You then have to *empty* the Trash or Recycle Bin. (Once a year, I hear about somebody whose hard drive is full, despite having practically no files. It's because over the years, they've put 79 gigabytes' worth of stuff in the Recycle Bin and never emptied it.)
* You don't have to type "http://www" into your Web browser. Just type the remainder: "nytimes.com" or "dilbert.com," for example. (In the Safari browser, you can even leave off the ".com" part.)
* Come up with an automated backup system for your computer. There's no misery quite like the sick feeling of having lost chunks of your life because you didn't have a safety copy.
* The number of megapixels does not determine a camera's picture quality; that's a marketing myth. The sensor size is far more important. (Use Google to find it. For example, search for "sensor size Nikon D90.")
* On most cellphones, press the Send key to open up a list of recent calls. Instead of manually dialing, you can return a call by highlighting one of these calls and pressing Send again.
* You generally can't send someone more than a couple of full-size digital photos as an e-mail attachment; those files are too big, and they'll bounce back to you. (Instead, use iPhone or Picasa--photo-organizing programs that can automatically scale down photos in the process of e-mailing them.)
* Whatever technology you buy today will be obsolete soon, but you can avoid heartache by learning the cycles. New iPods come out every September. New digital cameras come out in February and October.
* On the iPhone, hit the Space bar twice at the end of a sentence. You get a period, a space, and a capitalized letter at the beginning of the next word.
* Forcing the camera's flash to go off prevents silhouetted, too-dark faces when you're outdoors.
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