HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIST EMAIL OPTIONS TO RECEIVE LESS EMAIL

A lot of people who unsub from this list write a note saying that the amount of
email they receive is too large. With over 1400 members, the Reiki Workshops
list can generate several dozen messages per day. However, you have the option
to receive less email, or no email at all if you want to. You can still use the
web features such as the teacher database and calendar, and browse messages at
the website that are of interest to you.

When you join the group by email, you are automatically set to receive every
message posted to the list as an individual email message. You can change that
at any time.

First, at the bottom of every messsage sent out by this group is a signature
block that contains full information on resetting your email preferences by
simply sending one email to the yahoo list manager. Here is how it works:

If you want to receive only a single email message per day containing a "digest"
of all of the messages posted to the list that day, send a blank email message
to this address:

ReikiWorkshops-digest@yahoogroups.com

(On some days when a lot of things are posted to the list, or as we continue to
grow, you might receive two email digests per day. Each digest contains a
maximum of twenty or so messages.)

If you are on digest setting, *please* remember to set your email program so
that it does *not* quote the message you are replying to. Otherwise, you will
copy the entire digest -- all twenty odd messages -- back to the list with your
reply. If that happens, the message will be sent back to you with the request
that you edit out the extra material. (You might also want to copy the message
subject line of the message you are replying to into your subject line, and add
"Re:" at the beginning. Otherwise, your subject will read something like "Re:
[ReikiWorkshops] Digest No. 15" which is not very informative and may not get
noticed by the person you are writing to.

If you would like to receive no email at all from the group, but still be able
to view the ReikiWorkshops Calendar, the Teachers Database, the Links directory
and search messages posted to the list for events close to you or workshops on a
particular subject or by a particular teacher -- things that are only available
to group members -- then you can change your email setting to "No Email."

"No Email" means exactly what it says. You will receive no email messages at all
from the group, but will still be able to view everything you wish to see
through the group homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops To
set yourself to "No Email," send a blank email message to:

ReikiWorkshops-nomail@yahoogroups.com

As a group member, you can still see all of the messages posted, and reply to
any of them via the website by clicking "Post" while you have a message up in
your browser.

If you ever decide that you prefer receiving all messages as individual emails,
you can re-set yourself to that setting by sending a blank email to:

ReikiWorkshops-normal@yahoogroups.com

This information on how to reset your email settings is permanently linked on
the ReikiWorkshops home page just above where the most recent group messages
start to be displayed. You can also reset your group preferences via a web form
that is linked on the home page at the top of the page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reikiworkshops

Look at the top bar on the home page that has the group title "Reiki Workshops
and Classes." At the right side of that bar, there is a link called "Edit My
Membership." Clicking on that link will take you to a web form that allows you
to reset your email preferences, among other things.

If anyone has any questions about this, or needs any help in setting their group
membership the way that is most convenient for them, please email me directly
and I will be glad to help you.

Thank you for being a part of this growing Reiki community, and blessings to all
of you.

Will Beckwith
ReikiWorkshops Group Owner