Posting Guidelines
General Guidelines for Both the
Message Boards and the E-mail lists
Before posting to any of our programs, be
sure to first review the Policies and
Netiquette section of our Web site. The guidelines and rules
outlined there are the same for all of our programs.
Our e-mail list and forum/message boards will only accept plain text.
They will not accept HTML formatting or attachments of any kind. This is
done in an attempt to prevent spam, virus-infected mail and other
unwanted information from entering our programs. We strongly suggest you
have good virus protection software in place regardless and keep your
virus data files updated because you will probably be receiving e-mail
replies from individuals. These personal emails do not go through
our server.
Anyone is free to post to the
forum/message boards using the guidelines set forth on the Policies and
Netiquette page.
Our main focus should always be issues,
questions, comments, etc., regarding COPD, lung disease in general and
topics surrounding COPD and its related complications. Off-topic posts
are discouraged as a general rule. Jokes, funny stories and other
off-topic comments should be shared with your friends in private posts.
We request Signature Tags be limited to
no more than three lines for the sake of space.
Guidelines for E-mail list posting
Our e-mail list(s) are for
member/subscribers only. You will need to join as a subscriber before
you can post messages to these lists. To join our e-mail list(s) please
go to Our List Sign Up Form
We have set up one day a week, TGIF Day (Its Friday), to share
off-topic, interesting and humorous posts to our e-mail list(s). You are
free to post off-topic, in-GOOD-taste posts, such as links to amusing
sites and cards on this day. Please take care to follow the basic rules
of courtesy and civility in what you chose to post. We can have some
fun, but let's not go overboard and flood the list.
To post a message, question, introduction of yourself, articles, related
links, etc., use the appropriate address for your subscription. The
specific list addresses are as follows:
For the main COPD List:
COPD-List@copd-International.com
For the Caregivers List:
Caregivers-List@copd-International.com
Note: For general help and questions:
List-Admin@COPD-International.com
When replying to a message you need to
decide: Is my reply of interest to many on the list? Or, is my reply
only directed to the person you are replying to? If the message may be
of interest to all, then use your reply-all function of your mail
program. That way the person as well as the group will see your answer.
If you wish to direct your message to only the person that wrote it,
then please use your reply only function.
Please watch your subject lines in your posts. Make sure you are clear
in what you are asking. It makes it easier for people to scan what they
are interested in reading first. If you tag on an existing post and
change the topic, please be sure to change the subject line in the post
as well.
If at all possible, when replying to a post, please leave only enough of
the original e-mail to be clear in what you are replying to. Messages
can become extremely long and difficult to follow when several tag onto
one post.
Message Board Posting
When Replying to an existing thread
(message subject) - use the Post Reply Button
When creating a new subject thread - use
the Post New Topic Button
TIP: Returning to the main list of
messages is most easily done using the Back Button on your
browser
Please Note: The message boards are open
to all - young and old. Messages will be edited for any offensive
content as well as off topic content.
Note: For general help and questions:
Webmaster@COPD-International.com
