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Anne's unfortunate incident should be a reminder to us all: "hit the wrong
button. has happened to all of us but perhaps not so disastrously"
Unfortunately this HAS happened to everyone. Technology is wonderful and yes,
it can be a disaster. Such is the price of the electronic age.
Since our list mothers are away I thought I'd give a few tips on preventing
some of the snags in using email/Lactnet.
1. Don't compose your mail on line. Once you hit the send button its too
late.
2. Before you sign on to send you mail--check the addresses. If you have AOL
as your ISP--look in the mail waiting to be sent tray: addresses are listed
next to the title of the email.
3. Avoid hitting the *reply* or *reply all* or *forward* button (this is how
entire digests get copied into Lactnet posts). Instead create a new document
and copy and paste what you need into your new mail. I've had a few posts
come out with weird symbols on the list when I have copied and pasted from my
word processing program. The only way around it for me is to first copy into
a new word processing document using the *paste text only* command--that
deletes all the formatting. Then I have to copy and paste from the text only
document into the email program.
4. Turn off all special features: HTML coding, colored backgrounds, colored
type. Set font for Geneva or whatever font your program uses as a default.
5. If you have a spell checker use it. Unfortunately if something is spelled
right it won't pick up on the fact that it is the wrong word. AOL has a
setting (preferences:Mail) to spell check mail before sending.
One other time saver tip: if you find you have little time to read lactnet and
have a text to speech program, let the computer read it to you. Some words
sound really strange like breastfeeding comes out *breestfeeding* but you get
used to it. (I know some people who use speech recognition programs to
dictate their email while they do other things--hands free.)
Hope all this helps
Marie Davis
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