Email Everyone?
There isn't an easy way to send electronic mail
to everyone on the
Genesee Free-Net but there is a Freenet maillist which you or anyone can
subscribe to and messages sent to this list reach all these people. This
list is meant as a general forum for messages of interest to Genesee
Free-Net users.
To subscribe send an email to
To: freenet-request@gfn.org
Subject: Leave blank
In the body of the message
SUBSCRIBE freenet
To send a message to this list just address it to freenet@gfn.org
If there is a message you think everyone needs to see
send a copy to gfoffice@gfn.org and ask that it be sent to all
users. The office volunteers will then decide what should happen to the
message....forwarding it to the system administrator for posting as a universal
system if it is a systemwide concern or sending it to the
Electronic Maillist (freenet@gfn.org). Perhaps, they will send it
back and suggest you contact individual users.
TO SEND MAIL TO AN INDIVIDUAL
From the main menu, go to the Post Office. If you know the login name of
the person you want to mail to, you can select Read or Send Electronic Mail.
If you don't, there is an option to Look Up Another User; you can use this
to search by first or last name, but NOT BOTH...Just type in one or the
other. That will give you the email address of everyone with that
name on the gfn.org system.
Once you know the login name, you can select Read or Send Electronic Mail.
This will take you into PINE, our mail program. Hit 'C' in there to compose
a message, and enter their email address in the To: field...Leave Cc: blank,
enter the subject in Subject:, and type the body of the message below that.
When you are done, press CTRL-X.
Updated 01/03/99
