~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu Mar 1 18:51:11 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA24873 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:51:11 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002501c0a2b2$f1d01c00$9b01d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Fw: moderator: WP-ORG INC Awarded 501(C)(3) Exempt Organization Letter Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:51:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To all Current USNA-Net Listserver members... USNA-Net, through its WP.Org sponsorship is now officially a 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Organization. Your past donations beginning in June 1998 may now be officially deducted as legitimate non-profit donations. Although you may have received this notification earlier today, I have become aware that it did not reach all of our members. So here it is again. If you have any questions on this or need supporting documentation, please contact Dick Breakiron directly at the address below. Thanks again for helping make WP.Org and USNA-Net a big success. We could never have done it without your support. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Breakiron To: ; Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: moderator: WP-ORG INC Awarded 501(C)(3) Exempt Organization Letter > > **WP-ORG INC Awarded 501(C)(3) Exempt Organization Letter** > > We know that this is tax season, and this news will affect the ability > of those who have donated, to deduct their donations on this year's > taxes. The award is retroactive to 06/98, the point at which we started > operating under Delaware law as a Non-stock, Non-profit Corporation. > > We especially want to thank those of you who have donated against the > expectation that our promised application would come through. It was a > somewhat rocky road due to the IRS not really understanding what we > were, and the fact that we were dragging the historical 'tail' which had > to be explained vs a new organization with a standard template > configuration. > > Now, for the tax implications! You should fall into one of these two > categories. The first is those who have made donations of less than > $250.00. You will only need this information: > > http://www.west-point.org/main_images/irs_summary.gif > > The full IRS letter is located here in PDF format 599K: > > http://www.west-point.org/publications/ApprovalLTR.PDF > > The second category is those who donated more than $250. You will need > a letter (or email, if we have that) acknowledging your donation against > our tax exempt classification. We have archived all this data and > xeroxed all checks deposited. We are processing these now. Should you > require time critical response, please contact Jack@west-point.org We > will update you with corps postings as this is accomplished. > > Dick Breakiron CEO > WP-ORG INC *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Thu Mar 1 19:54:50 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA01835 for usna-net-outgoing; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:54:50 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <00b701c0a2bb$d885b800$9b01d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: USER NAME and PASSWORD (03/01/01)... Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:55:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To All, As we bring on all of the new Plebe Parents of the Class of 2005, I felt it was time for a change. Effective immediately, for access to our Archives, Chat Room or Classified Ads, you will need the following.... User Name: brigade Password: courage (all lowercase) Your Password is PRIVATE and may NOT be given to or shared with anyone. Best regards, Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org PS. At least two different members have reported that they sold their Mid's car via our Classified Ads. Who says it doesn't pay to advertise in our Members Only Classifieds??? Besides, IT'S FREE !!!! From Cars to Condo's to Cookies... Find it in the USNA-Net Classifieds !!! *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue Mar 6 23:04:46 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA18116 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:04:46 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <001501c0a6c4$43889800$1e02d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: USNA-Net Newsletter 03/07/01 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 00:02:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Precedence: bulk ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter March 7, 2001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. New Members Galore 2. How USNA-Net is Organized 3. Email Delivery Problems 4. How we deal with Problem Members 5. Plain Text Solution for AOL 6.0 and Other Email Clients 6. We're not USNA.edu ================================================================ This Newsletter is sent to all members of our USNA-Net Listservers. It is published approximately three times each month and is intended to provide insight into our service, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Technical Assistance and Information to our membership. ================================================================ 1. New Members Galore With the budding of Spring Flowers comes the latest crop of Plebe Parents. Beginning on March 1st we began subscribing all those newbie parents who have heard about us and asked to be added to our lists - over 100 new families in the first few days. Sandi and I deliberately held up those new members who requested membership until March to reduce the repetition of questions earlier this year but it will be inevitable as we add the families of the Class of '05. You can help in several ways. First - Be patient with the newbies. We were all new at this at one time. Next - Remember that the new members don't all come in at once. We will be constantly adding new '05 members from now until sometime next fall and beyond. So please remember that questions asked today will not be seen by members who join in April or May. They WILL be asked again. And again. Another way to help is to spread the word to incoming Parents in your local Parents' Club as soon as possible about what USNA-Net is and how to join in. The sooner we get all those Class of '05 Newbies signed up the better for everyone. Give them our web site address (www.USNA-Net.org ) and have them click on "How to Subscribe" in the Main Menu on the left of the main page. 2. How USNA-Net is Organized EVERYONE is a member of our "Master List - USNA-Net." However, only your Moderators may actually use this list to communicate with all of the membership. Use of our other lists by our members is dictated by the topic of the email... USNA-Family is for General Topics of interest to ALL members. USNA-Plebe must be used for PLEBE topics. USNA-Sports is used for anything related to NAVY Sports. USNA-ClubNet is a special list with limited enrollment for the use of Parents' Club Officers, Chairpersons, Newsletter Editors and Webmasters. It's used to discuss fundraising, member recruitment, Social Event planning, and so on between Officers and Chairs of Parents' Clubs across the nation. USNA-00 is a list of Class of 2000 Parents who use it to keep in touch following Commissioning last summer. We'll do this later this summer for the Class of 2001 Parents who want to stay in touch. That's the what. Here's the who... Almost everyone is subscribed to USNA-Family. We currently have over 1,600 families on this list and by the end of this summer, we will probably have a whole lot more enrolled. 1,100 of these same families currently belong to USNA-Plebe. Only about half of these are actually Plebe Parents. The rest of those 1,100 families are upper-class parents who remained on USNA-Plebe after the end of their Mid's Plebe year to act as Mentors to the next class parents. We would hope that the majority of our '04 Parents will hang in there with USNA-Plebe after Herndon this year to pass on their advice and knowledge to the Class of '05. There's nothing more rewarding than sharing what you learned with others who need your advice and council. Since everyone is on multiple lists, we ask that you take care to never send the same message to more than one list. Rather, carefully pick the right list to use and send your message to the target audience that will most be able to help. Then there's USNA-Sports. With over 850 families subscribed, its' THE place where you can ask for the results of a la Crosse game, plan a tailgate get-together or read about anything and everything related to NAVY sports. Since emails about Sports are restricted to USNA-Sports in the same way Plebe topics must remain on USNA-Plebe, this list is the ONLY place for Army/Navy stuff when that time comes around this fall. If you're not on a list that you want to participate in, drop us an email at mzets@mail.com and we'll add you in a day or so. 3. Email Delivery Problems Every day, Sandi and I receive several hundred (No kidding! Today we got almost 400!) email messages from the Internet Email System notifying us of a problem with the delivery of some particular message or other from one of our lists to this or that member. It's to be expected with as many members as we have and with so many messages being sent on the Family and Plebe listservers lately. We're NOT complaining but there are a few things you can do to help minimize the problem. First - PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL at least every other day. Full mailboxes are our biggest headache. When your mailbox is full, we get a message from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for every message that we attempt to send to you which tells us that your mailbox is full and that the ISP will continue to attempt delivery for anywhere from two to five days. At the end of that time, if the message is still not delivered, we get a final message telling us that delivery failed and we should resend it. We don't, of course, that would be too much to keep track of, especially since your box is probably still full and the "re-sent" message would also not be delivered. All of this is VERY IMPORTANT for those members who do not use a regular ISP but use hotmail.com or yahoo.com or AOL.com instead. These "portal" services severely restrict the amount of email you may leave on their server and these mailboxes fill very fast. Secondly - Make sure that you instruct your email program to delete old messages from your server after you've downloaded them to your home or office computer. Leaving them on the server is a sure way to fill even the biggest mailbox. Lastly, make sure to let us know when you change email addresses. We have no way to know that you've left AOL and gone to a local ISP unless you tell us. Drop us an email and we'll get the change made in a few clicks of our mouse. If we continue to receive Delivery Problem Notices for your account for too long, we'll have no choice but to remove your address from our lists. We actually have to do this for about a dozen members each year. We attempt to call you first but if we can't reach you and resolve the problem, your address is toast. That's why we insist on phone numbers in our subscription application. Without a phone number and with a full mailbox, there's no way to tell you to check your mail. 4. How we deal with Problem Members With as many members and as much message traffic as we currently have, it is inevitable that we will have some members who manage to bump, bend or break our Rules of Operation. These infractions may be as innocent as sending a message in Rich Text or posting to the wrong list. OR they may be very serious breaches which demand much more serious attention. In every case, either Sandi or I will handle the situation PRIVATELY with the offending member. Warnings and reprimands are never shared with the lists. And when I say "every case," that's what I mean. Just because you never hear about it that doesn't mean that we're not on top of everything. If YOU bump, bend or break a rule, expect to hear from Sandi or me. Also, just because you see something posted on our lists, that doesn't mean that it's OK!!! Sandi and I do not have the ability to see, approve and pass along every message that gets posted. We see them at the same time as everyone else on the lists, unabridged. That's also why I sometimes have to step in and stop a certain message thread because continued discussion would be in violation of one of our Rules. Most violations get a reminder/warning message from your Moderator. More serious breaches will result in the offending member's posting privileges being suspended for a period of time. Our most serious offenders are permanently removed from our lists. This may even happen on the first offense if the violation warrants it. All this talk about Rules Violations may cause a few of our members to not want to post for fear of some sort of punishment for a Rules Violation. Let me assure you that this is the last thing you should be concerned with. In over two years, we have removed only 14 members for gross violations. That means that there are still 1,611 families that have NOT been removed for breaking a rule. They have sent over 10,000 email messages and shared advice and experiences with thousands of other members each and every day without ever once hearing from the Moderators. Our Rules are very clear and plainly explained on our web site. They provide the structure which allows us to continue to operate so well for so long. Please continue to use this network to share your NAVY experience with your fellow USNA-Net members. 5. Plain Text Solution for AOL 6.0 and Other Email Clients As previously advised in this newsletter, AOL's new Version 6.0 still cannot be used to send email in Plan Text (ASCII) format. All email sent using Version 6.0 will normally be sent in Rich Text Format (RTF) which gives our archives fits and causes problems for some of our members with older email software including those members using WebTV and certain other email clients. To send in Plain Text using AOL Version 6.0, AOL recommends this method... Make sure your font is set to Arial (which should be the default). Type your message (in Arial) and then HIGHLIGHT IT. Then, Right Mouse Click, select "Text," then select "Normal." You may now send your message in Plain Text. For those of you that use other email software who want to insure that you send all your USNA-Net messages in Plain Text, please look for your email program at... www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/nomime.html There are 32 different email programs/versions discussed there with explicit instructions for sending in Plain Text. Just click on the link above and scroll down to YOUR program in the list which follows the introductory text. There is also a more complete explanation and solution for the Version 6.0 problem there. 6. We're not www.USNA.edu or www.USNA.com or www.NavySports.com It's time again for a little clarification. I want you all to realize that USNA-Net is NOT officially linked or affiliated with the United States Navy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Naval Academy Athletic Association or the USNA Foundation (formerly known as the USNA Alumni Association). We are a private, not-for-profit organization operated by volunteers for the support and betterment of Parents of Midshipmen enrolled at the US Naval Academy. We have an increasingly good, working relationship with these organizations and look forward to many more happy years of cooperation and mutual benefit. More than a few of the Staff at USNA are members of our listservers, offering official input on a timely basis on topics within their scope of knowledge when the need arises. BUT, I'd like to remind our membership that we are not responsible for any of the published content of the web sites of these organizations. www.usna.edu is the official web site of the Academy - www.USNA.com is the official web site of the Foundation - www.NavySports.com is the web site for the Athletic Association - and while we link transparently to many of their pages from our own web site, we cannot affect any changes or corrections to their pages. The pages on their site to which we most often link are the USNA Calendars and the List of Club Officers for local Parents' Clubs. All of these links may be found in our Site Index if you are interested. Thanks for your time and continued interest in all things USNA. Mike Zets Westlake, OH Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Fri Mar 9 07:29:25 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA25621 for usna-net-outgoing; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 07:29:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <01a101c0a89c$feb652a0$8501d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: duplicate emails... Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:29:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk Please bear with us...the system is coughing out old messages, sending them out over and over again. We are trying to get to the bottom of this problem. Please try to be patient and just use that old delete key until we can fix it. Looks like all three of the lists (Family, Plebe and Sports) are affected. Sorry about this. Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sat Mar 10 20:33:51 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA22719 for usna-net-outgoing; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:33:47 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <01a101c0a89c$feb652a0$8501d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: duplicate emails... Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:29:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk Please bear with us...the system is coughing out old messages, sending them out over and over again. We are trying to get to the bottom of this problem. Please try to be patient and just use that old delete key until we can fix it. Looks like all three of the lists (Family, Plebe and Sports) are affected. Sorry about this. Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sat Mar 10 23:15:32 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA05797 for usna-net-outgoing; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:15:32 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <07e801c0a9e9$8f24c680$5201d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Duplicate Messages Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:10:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To all... Until further notice all lists have been shut down. DO NOT POST NEW MESSAGES TO THE LITS UNTIL THIS MESS IS STRAIGHTENED OUT. EXPECT OUTAGE TO LAST AT LEAST ALL DAY SUNDAY. We will inform you of when lists are back up for use. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Sun Mar 11 11:35:35 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA21646 for usna-net-outgoing; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:35:35 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <004901c0aa51$b6989620$6501d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Patience, Please. Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 12:35:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To all... Our lists are still down for service to attempt to eliminate the Duplicate messages which have plagued us for the past two days. Please be patient. We will advise as soon as the lists are operational again. Do not send any messages to our lists for the time being. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Mon Mar 12 16:52:41 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id QAA08946 for usna-net-outgoing; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:52:38 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <01a101c0a89c$feb652a0$8501d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: duplicate emails... Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:29:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk Please bear with us...the system is coughing out old messages, sending them out over and over again. We are trying to get to the bottom of this problem. Please try to be patient and just use that old delete key until we can fix it. Looks like all three of the lists (Family, Plebe and Sports) are affected. Sorry about this. Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Mon Mar 12 18:18:03 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA23922 for usna-net-outgoing; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:18:03 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <045101c0ab52$fb4bf120$1202d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Apologies for the Continuing Problems... Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:17:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To all, Please be patient. Yesterday, the technicians at WP-Org assured us that the problem had been fixed. Apparently, it has not been. I can assure you that this duplication problem is being looked into by some extremely knowledgeable people. Mike and I hate to shut down the lists again, like we did on Saturday. What we have decided to do is keep things as they are and hope that you members will be patient, delete the duplicates and bear with us until we can get this problem fixed. We will do everything that we can to get this glitch fixed as soon as we possibly can! Please be patient - nothing is infallible. Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Tue Mar 20 22:40:16 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA04108 for usna-net-outgoing; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:40:16 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <02c501c0b1c0$7736ef60$1d01d4cd@sandi> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: USNA-Net Newsletter March 20, 2001 Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:36:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk ================================================================ USNA-Net Newsletter March 20, 2001 ================================================================ In this issue... 1. Items searched for in the Site Index 2. New Virus Alerts 3. Forwarding emails 4. New on the Website ================================================================ This Newsletter is sent to all members of our USNA-Net Listservers. It is published approximately three times each month and is intended to provide insight into our service, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Technical Assistance and Information to our membership. ================================================================ 1. Items searched for in the Site Index Let's see what you have been searching for this past month. ***Midshipman names and/or alpha codes You cannot locate information concerning individual Mids by searching for their names or alpha codes. NO Midshipman names are on the USNA-Net Website. A few parent's names are listed (those who have shared photos on the Photo Gallery Page or shared prose and poetry on the Family Interests page) - but this is all. ***academic schedules All Dates for Events are listed under CALENDARS. These links from our Site Index go directly to the USNA Website. ***summer schedule You will not find summer block scheduling on the USNA-Net Website. If you want to find out about summer schedules, this is the page on the USNA Website: http://prodevweb.prodev.usna.edu/IMIS/Summer/summerhome.htm ***commissioning week Once again, the Naval Academy Website is the place to go. http://www.usna.edu/PAO/comwkinfo.htm On this page is all information on Commissioning Week, including a link to the tentative schedule for the entire week. ***shoulder boards You can go to the USNA-Net Website - www.navy-usna.org and click onto Parents' Handbook from the menu items at the left of the page. On the Plebe Summer page you will find graphics of the shoulder boards worn by Midshipmen. ***business card On the main page of the website directly under the Go Navy Beat Army flags you will find: "Please help us to help other parents... Click here to find out how." If you click "here" you will find a graphic that you can print out and fold into business card size to pass on to others. 2. Virus Alerts Recently we have seen one called "NakedWife.exe" and one called "AVP-Updates.exe" You can look on the USNA-Net Website under Frequent Questions for links to information on real and hoax virus alerts. There will always be someone out there who finds it fun to disrupt or destroy other's computers. NEVER...let me repeat this...NEVER, EVER open an attachment on an email - especially look for .exe files, .vbs files, .xls files. The worst thing about most of the email virus attacks is that they generally come from someone YOU KNOW. Your friend or business associate will not even be aware that they are infected...and that their computer is sending these virus attachments to all of the addresses in their address book. That's the way these viruses work. And of course, the best protection you can have is to buy, install, AND USE a good Virus Protection Program. 3. Forwarding emails We all get jokes and such from friends over the Internet. How many times have you opened an email from a friend only to find you have to open another email and another email and still ANOTHER email until you actually get to the joke? Or the email is sooooo long and filled with a hundred names and email addresses that you have to wade through to find the joke??? But the joke is sooooo cute, soooo funny that you want to send it to YOUR friends. What do you do? Do you forward the original? If you do. bad, bad emailer!! Keep your emails to others as short and concise as you can. Cut and paste the joke into a new email and send it along. DO NOT forward the original, along with all the previous email addresses, to your friends!! And NEVER send jokes or poetry to the USNA-Net Lists!! 4. New on the Website There have been several changes and additions to the Website since my last Newsletter. a.) Menu Changes...Mike has added a link to the USNA and Navy Wallpaper to the menu items. He has also segregated the links that require passwords: Archives, Classifieds and Chat Room. You will see them listed together with "Members Only" beside them. b.) Dave Ayotte wrote a great quote in a recent post to the lists. He wrote: Naval Academy Parent... Its not just a job, its an ADVENTURE! I loved it, and created a graphic that I added to the Main page of the USNA-Net website just above the Go Navy Beat Army flags. Thanks, Dave!! c.) On the Countdown Clocks page, I have removed Spring Break and added "I-Day." All you Class of 2005 parents...you can keep track of the days, hours and minutes until your sons or daughters begin their adventure at the Naval Academy! d.) Take a look on the Photo Gallery page. Just above the lists of photos I have added a phrase about "roller coasters" that I think you will ALL enjoy! Go Navy, Beat Army! Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@mail.com) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.navy-usna.org *** USNA-NET post by: Sandi Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. From usna-net-owner@westpoint.west-point.org Wed Mar 28 06:07:39 2001 Received: (from root@localhost) by westpoint.west-point.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id GAA20687 for usna-net-outgoing; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 06:07:39 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <005d01c0b77f$a90858c0$4e01d4cd@sandi> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net: Unsubscribing Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:07:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Precedence: bulk To all, Just a quick note (in light of the two Flub-Ups in the past 24 hours) about how to handle changes in your subscription... Address all requests for changes to owner-usna-net@navy-usna.org This includes ADDING, REMOVING or CHANGING any email address associated with receiving anything from ANY of our lists. No matter if you are adding, removing or changing anything, you MUST send us the request FROM the address under which you are CURRENTLY subscribed. That way we know it really is you who is requesting the change. For changes in email address, please remember to include your old address P:US your new one and try to remember to sign your request with your name, it saves us having to look it up. And please, keep it short. We really don't need an explanation about why you want to make the change or be removed, just let us know what to do and we'll take care of it within a few hours in most cases. Whatever you do... PLEASE, DON"T SEND YOUR REQUEST TO OUR ENTIRE LIST!!! That's just not the way these things are done. All administrative requests (and/or comments) are to be sent to your Moderators privately at owner-usna-net@navy-usna.org. Thanks again... Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@mail.com Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers Webmaster - www.navy-usna.org By the way... It's not OUR fault that you haven't gone to your mailbox for over two weeks and then find 100+ messages from our lists waiting for download. Check your mail more often and it won't seem so overwhelming when you do. We're a chatty bunch and we generate a whole lot of information. If your mailbox fills up and we can't send mail to your address for more than a few days, your email address will automatically be deleted from ALL of our lists. Just thought I'd pass that on but waiting for automatic deletion is NOT the polite way of removing yourself from our lists. *** USNA-NET post by: Mike Zets ***** DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ***** to non-members under any circumstances!