Listserv

The generous sponsorship and technical wizardry of The Gale Group provide FOLUSA with a lively and interesting discussion group taking place via e-mail. When you send an e-mail message to the FOLUSA listserv, it is automatically sent to all subscribers, and all of their messages to the listserv are sent to your e-mail box.

The FOLUSA-L listserv allows Friends from all over the country -- in fact, all over the world -- to ask and answer questions and share best practices among Friends.

Discussion topics? Whatever interests the subscribers -- book sale strategies, fund-raising ideas, membership drives, leadership recruitment, innovative programs, where to find gift shop items, the best digital cameras, selling used books on-line, how to develop library support in your community. The list grows daily.

Participants agree to abide by a few simple guidelines:

1. The listserv is an information forum for those wishing to seek and share best practices for Friends and Libraries.
2. All participants are to be treated with courtesy.
3. Commercial solicitation is prohibited.

To Join the Listserv

• Send an e-mail message to listserv@s-listserv.thomsonlearning.com
• In the body of the message, type ONLY: Subscribe FOLUSA-L followed by your name
• For Example: Subscribe FOLUSA-L John Doe
• You will then be subscribed at the e-mail address from which the message was sent, and you will receive a welcome e-mail message giving you instructions on how to participate.
• If you have difficulty subscribing, your e-mail program may be inserting additional text into the body of your message. This could confuse the list processing software. Try sending your message in plain text rather than html.

To Read or Search the Archives (Listserv subscribers only)

• Go to http://tlaulsv01.thomsonlearning.com/archives/folusa-l.html
• You'll be asked to choose a password.
• You can browse the archives or search by keywords, writers, or dates.

To Unsubscribe

• Send an e-mail message to listserv@s-listserv.thomsonlearning.com
• In the body of the message, type ONLY: Signoff FOLUSA-L
• For Example: Signoff FOLUSA-L
• Notice that you do NOT type your name in the unsubscribe message.
• If you have difficulty unsubscribing, your e-mail program may be inserting additional text into the body of your message. This could confuse the list processing software. Try sending your message in plain text rather than html.

To Change Your Email Address

• Send an e-mail message from your OLD address to listserv@s-listserv.thomsonlearning.com
• In the body of the message, type ONLY: Change FOLUSA-L followed by your new e-mail address.
• For example: Change FOLUSA-L newaddy@myserver.com
• If you have difficulty changing your email address, your e-mail program may be inserting additional text into the body of your message. This could confuse the list processing software. Try sending your message in plain text rather than html.