DPS-Exchange Group Instructions and Information

Overview

DPS-Exchange is a group mailing list hosted by Yahoo! Groups. It provides an informal means for DPS members to rapidly communicate with all other members about a common interest.  Subscribers may:

·        ask questions about photographic equipment and techniques,

·        respond to inquiries,

·        post notices of photographic exhibits,

·        announce photo-ops,

·        share photographic news,

·        upload your photos,

·        and much, much more.

There is a wealth of experience and expertise held by DPS members and this forum provides a very efficient means of quickly sharing information with more members than ever before.  

You must subscribe to DPS-Exchange before you can send or receive messages.

Subscribing/Unsubscribing to DPS-Exchange

Membership in DPS-Exchange is restricted to DPS members.  List moderators will verify DPS membership with each subscription request.  To expedite the process, please identify yourself by name when subscribing, especially if the e-mail address being used for DPS-Exchange is different than the one that the DPS has on file.

There are two main ways to join DPS-Exchange.  One requires a Yahoo ID, and the other does not.  Yahoo ID requires establishing a screen name and a password.  While it is faster to sign up without a Yahoo ID the benefit of subscribing with one is that you will have a selection of one of the following options:

·        Individual emails – Receive all individual messages.

·        Daily digest - Receive a daily compilation of many emails in one message.

·        Special notices - Receive only important email notices from the group moderator.

·        No e-mail - Read messages only while visiting the Web site.

Subscribing without a Yahoo ID

·         Send an e-mail to DPS-Exchange-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  The subject and context of the message don't matter - anything (or nothing at all) is fine.

·         Yahoo will reply with a confirmation e-mail.  Reply to the message as the message requests. Your request will be sent to the list administrators and you will receive a welcome e-mail as soon as your membership is approved.

Subscribing with a Yahoo ID

·         Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/.  Sign in with your existing Yahoo ID if you already have one from another group, or click on the Sign Up link and register for a Yahoo ID following the instructions.

·         In the Find a Group box, enter “DPS-Exchange” and click on Search.

·         Find DPS-Exchange in the list of groups and click on the link.

·         Follow the links for joining the group.

·         Your request will be sent to the list administrators and you will receive a welcome e-mail as soon as your membership is approved.

Unsubscribing DPS-Exchange

·         Every message contains information about how to unsubscribe from DPS-Exchange.

·         You can unsubscribe by sending an e-mail to DPS-Exchange-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com and responding to the confirmation e-mail, or if you have a Yahoo ID, by visiting the DPS-Exchange site (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DPS-Exchange/) and clicking on the Unsubscribe link.

Using DPS-Exchange

Subscriber Etiquette

The moderators reserve the right to suspend or terminate the membership of anyone whose behavior is considered to be unacceptable. Please read and practice the following etiquette guidelines.

·        Keep replies on-topic and concise. All communications will be monitored by a group of moderators who will stop any discussions that go too far off-topic.

·        Be polite, patient and curious in all communications.  Remember that all subscribers can read your messages. 

·        Understand that much of the information will be based on opinions. There can be no guarantee that the information you receive on DPS-Exchange will be factual, accurate, or spelled correctly. 

·        Do not abuse the privilege of access to other members’ inboxes.

 

Contact the list administrator

Last updated 10 December 2005