SHICK uses this listserv to provide information updates about Medicare and related topics to interested individuals and organizations. Subscribers will receive informational updates. List members may send Medicare questions to the list. Questions of general interest will be posted with a reply from a list moderator. Replies to list messages will be routed to the list administrator for review.
2. How do I subscribe to the list?You can do this in two ways. You can either:
OR
Both of these options will require that you confirm your subscription by replying to a mail that will be sent to the address you give. If you have problems with this, contact the list owner (e-mail is shick-owner@list.ink.org).
3. How do I unsubscribe from the list?You can do this in two ways. (Do you sense a pattern here?) You can either:
Enter the e-mail address under which you are subscribed at the bottom of the page where it says SHICK Subscribers, and click the Edit Options button. Enter your list password in the appropriate box and click the Unsubscribe button.
OR
unsubscribe <yourlistpassword>
Do not include the "<>"s in the e-mail.
If you are not sending this e-mail from the address you are subscribed under, use this format:
unsubscribe <yourlistpassword> <subscriptionaddress>
Again, if you have problems with this, contact the list owner (e-mail is shick-owner@list.ink.org).
4. I forgot my password! What do I do?One option is to wait. Your password will be e-mailed to you in a reminder message about once a month.
The other method for getting your password is to visit the list configuration web page (https://www.accesskansas.org/mailman/listinfo/shick). Scroll to the bottom of the page where it says SHICK Subscribers. Enter the e-mail address under which you are subscribed, and click the Edit Options button. The next page has a button to have your password sent to your e-mail address.
5. How do I send messages to the list?Messages for the list at large should be sent by e-mail to SHICK@list.ink.org
6. Is there any way to cut down the amount of mail from the list?Assuming that you do not want to leave the list altogether, you can switch to digest mode. You will receive a few large e-mails each day which bundle the individual messages. Digests can be sent in plain text or MIME format.
You can set your subscription to the digest mode in two ways:
Use the radio buttons to set Digest Mode to On, and also to select the format you prefer for the digest messages. Enter your list password in the box at the bottom of the page, and click the Submit My Changes button.
OR
SET DIGEST ON <yourlistpassword>
Do not include the "< >"s in the e-mail.
To return to individual messages, use the command
SET DIGEST OFF <yourlistpassword>
Do not include the "< >"s in the e-mail.
If you are going away for a SHORT period and do not want a massive buildup of list mail in your mail box, but you don't want to permanantly resign from the list, you can disable mail delivery from the list. You might also do this if you want to read the list on the Web, but still want to be able to send messages to the list.
You can set your subscription to nomail in two ways. Either:
Change the radio button under Disable mail delivery to On, enter your list password in the box at the bottom of the page, and click the "Submit My Changes" button.
OR
SET NOMAIL ON <yourlistpassword>
When you get back, reset to normal by sending an e-mail to the same address:
SET NOMAIL OFF <yourlistpassword>
The messages sent to this list are automatically archived. This is particularly useful if for some reason you miss some postings.
9. How can list mail be filtered from the rest of my mail?E-mail from the list is tagged with [SHICK Listserv] in the Subject: line. You can sort all mail containing that string into a dedicated mail folder if your e-mail program supports this.
If your e-mail program doesn't support filtering, simply sorting your inbox on the Subject: will help, but as some mailers insert Re: before the list tag and others after (and some mailers use Sv: as a reply marker), this solution is not ideal.
In more sophisticated e-mail programs, you can set your mail program to sort on the header field To: or Reply-To:, both of which will be shick@list.ink.org.
10. How can I get help on setting other list options?Send e-mail to SHICK-request@list.ink.org and put the word Help in either the subject or body of the e-mail.