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OSPA E-mail Discussion
Group
(OSPA Listserv)
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OSPA operates a free electronic mailing list (also
called a listserv) as a service to Ohio school psychologists and
student trainees in school psychology who are, or have been, OSPA
members. Currently the listserv boasts more than 500 members and
affords subscribers the opportunity to not only keep current about
the practice of school psychology, but also to maintain contact
with each other.
Important Information for Hotmail, Yahoo Email,
and other Free Email Service Users
OSPA
Discussion Group Policies & Disclaimer
Frequently Asked Questions
OSPA
Discussion Group Policies & Disclaimer:
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In joining and participating in the Ohio School
Psychologists Association listserv, you consent to abide by the
following statements:
The comments, thoughts, observations,
or opinions offered on the OSPA listserv are solely the expressed
views of the message author and may not represent the policies,
positions, or intentions of the Ohio School Psychologists Association.
The OSPA Listserv is a professional
discussion forum sponsored by the Ohio School Psychologists Association.
The listserv is intended to be used by Ohio school psychologists
and Ohio student school psychology trainees for the purpose of
discussing ongoing professional issues, concerns, and research
developments impacting the practice of school psychology. The
listserv is intended to be a forum allowing multiple responses
from a broad perspective and spectrum of professional school psychology
practice.
Your membership in the Ohio School
Psychologists Association listserv presupposes that you exhibit
civility, courtesy, and professionalism while engaging in the
group's email discussions. As a part of this commitment to maintaining
such demeanor, you should sign each message with your given name
and email address to foster a spirit of community and accountability
for your thoughts. In addition, you should refrain from transmitting
unsolicited spam email or personal messages to the subscriber
base unless prior authorization has been acquired by the listserv
co-moderators.
Failure to observe the guidelines
and policies of the OSPA listserv may result in suspension or
termination of your listserv subscription.
Adopted from the NASP General Listserv
Disclaimer
Authored by Chuck Archer, OSPA President 2002-03
Erich Merkle, OSPA Web Developer, &
Caven Mcloughlin, OSPA Web Editor
May, 2003
Important
News for OSPA List Subscribers:
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You may have heard about
the mass proliferation of spam (junk) email and numerous email
borne viruses on the Internet, a problem that causes many servers
and ISPs to become overloaded with useless data. To combat this
waste of bandwidth, and subsequent deluge of Internet traffic,
new protections had to be enacted that would limit the amount
of email and other data being spread.
The impact for members of the
OSPA list is that you CANNOT be subscribed to the OSPA
listserv using a free email service such as Microsoft's Hotmail,
Yahoo's Email, and so forth. According to Hotmail's
spam and privacy polices, like other free email services, their
servers are now filtering out all group email messages - which
is how our listserv messages appear given that they have an anonymous
sender. As a result, any member who relies on Hotmail and perhaps
other free email services WILL NOT be receiving their OSPA
listserv messages for now onward. Instead, you should subscribe
to the OSPA listserv through your home or work email account Failure
to adhere to this request will result in the immediate termination
of your OSPA listserv subscription.
Please note that if you subscribe
to the OSPA listserv and your email address regularly refuses
to receive OSPA listserv message, the listserv software will automatically
delete your OSPA listserv account within a week's time.
Such an action occurs automatically without human intervention,
meaning that you will lose the opportunity to continue your participation
in the OSPA listserv and the listserv/web site development team
will not be able to maintain your account.
Finally, if unattended "space-limited" free accounts
are left full and email "bounce-back" messages occur
that begin to fill OSPA site administrators' mailboxes, then such
e-mail accounts will be automatically unsubscribed from the listserv.
Thank you for your interest in
the OSPA listserv and compliance to these subscription policies.
Caven Mcloughlin
Erich Merkle
Summer 2002, Revised December 2003
Frequently
Asked Questions:
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Below you can find instructions and answers to frequently asked
questions about using the listserv:
1. What is an electronic mailing list (listserv)?
Discussion lists (or listservs as some call them) are group e-mail
organized a topic, in this case, OSPA. An individual "subscribes"
to the OSPA listserv and messages from members on the list are
distributed to everyone by a computer software program. Membership
in the OSPA listserv is free and only requires either an active
e-mail address or web access.
2. How do I subscribe to the OSPA electronic mailing list?
Subscribing is easy! Send a blank e-mail message from the account
you want to receive the listserv e-mail to
OSPA-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@listserv.kent.edu
You can also visit the listserv's web site and create an account.
The OSPA listserv web site is located at
http://listserv.kent.edu/archives/ospa.html
3. How can I change my listserv subscription settings?
If you are new to the listserv and want to set up certain options
with your listserv account, visit the web site at:
http://listserv.kent.edu/archives/ospa.html
From there, you can create a listserv account as well as select
how you want to receive the listserv mailings.
For current listserv subscribers, you can also change your listserv
options through the web site. However, you must first create a
login to the listserv by clicking
here.
(Note: You will need to enter the e-mail address where you receive
your listserv e-mail and then type in a password.)
4. How do I send a message to the OSPA listserv?
From any e-mail program or web-based e-mail service, compose a
message with the following address in the "TO" field:
ospa@listserv.kent.edu
When you successfully post an e-mail message to the OSPA listserv,
you will receive an automatic confirmation message that the e-mail
was accepted and delivered. If you do not receive such a message,
either your message was not accepted or your disabled this option
in your subscription settings.
5. When will I receive OSPA listserv messages?
You will receive OSPA listserv messages anytime someone sends
one. If you set your listserv options to "Digest," then
you will only receive e-mail headers or summary messages at the
interval you set.
6. Is there a listserv owner's manual or documentation available
to explain all of the listserv options?
Click
here to learn more about the listserv features.
7. What if I don't want to receive e-mail from the listserv
but still want to participate?
A newly implemented feature allows listserv subscribers the ability
to read all of the listserv e-mail through the listserv web site,
instead of their e-mail To use this feature, you must have a listserv
password to login to the web site. In order to obtain a listserv
account to login, please
click here.
After you create a listserv account to login, you can visit
the listserv web site from any web browser by going to:
http://listserv.kent.edu/archives/ospa.html
While there, you can Post A Message to the Listserv, Read previous
listserv messages, Change your Account settings, and Search the
listserv archives for a specific message.
8. Is there a way to search through the listserv messages to
find something in particular or view previously posted messages?
Yes! Go to the listserv web site and select "Search the Archives"
or click
here.
9. How do I unsubscribe to the listserv?
To unsubscribe to the listserv, please send an e-mail message
from the account where you receive the listserv e-mail to:
OSPA-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@listserv.kent.edu
10. Why do I keep receiving duplicate listserv messages?
Duplicate messages occasionally happen because of temporary outages
in the listserv's hardware or software. If you frequently receive
duplicate messages, it is most likely because you are subscribed
to the listserv more than one time. Often this happens when an
individual obtains a new e-mail address and requests that all
e-mail from the previous address forward to the new address. In
a few isolated circumstances, users were discovered to be subscribed
more than five times! For additional information about this problem,
please contact one of the listserv moderators.
11. What if I previously subscribed using another e-mail address
and forgot to unsubscribe to the OSPA listserv?
The listserv software constantly "probes" subscriber's
e-mail addresses to determine if they are active and able to accept
e-mail Anytime an e-mail address returns an error for 5 days,
the address is automatically removed from the subscription list.
If you are unsubscribed, please resubscribe using the methods
explained above.
12. How come I cannot send a message to the listserv?
The OSPA listserv was originally setup to only individual's to
send messages from the actual e-mail address they subscribed under.
Unfortunately while this is a helpful security feature, many users
were encountering difficulties because they were trying to send
listserv messages from an unauthorized account. Recently, the
configuration of the listserv was changed again to disallow anyone
to post messages who isn't a subscriber. Please contact the listserv
moderator if you are continuing to experience problems with this
issue.
13. Why do my e-mail messages appear differently from the way
I composed them when they are distributed on the listserv?
In its most basic form, e-mail is simply text transmitted over
the Internet. As technology has advanced, many software programs
such as Microsoft's Outlook/Outlook Express and Eudora have changed
to accommodate text formatting. While this is a convenient feature,
the lack of a standard format for such text causes it to appear
differently on everyone's computer. To be safe, you should try
to only compose your e-mail using basic text. This will ensure
that everyone can read your message.
14. Who is responsible for moderating the listserv and where
does it originate from?
The listserv is operated through Kent
State University's Division of Academic Computing and Technology.
Caven Mcloughlin and Erich Merkle serve as the listserv moderators.
15. Why does my OSPA listserv email transmit correctly yet the
messages come through with the author referenced as "No Name
Available"?
When you submit a message to the OSPA listserv,
the server software program processes the message and then distributes
it to everyone subscribed. However, if you subscribed to the OSPA
listserv and did not register a proper name along with your email
address, the listserv software simply designates you as "no
name available." Since some members have asked how to properly
register their name to avoid this ambiguity in the email message,
please do the following:
a.) Begin to compose an email message using the
email account under which you are registered to the OSPA listserv
and address the message to: listserv@listserv.kent.edu
b. In the body of this email message type the sentence:
REG Your Name
(Replace Your Name above with the name you wish
displayed on your listserv messages.)
c. Turn off any email signatures you have and then
submit the message. Please make sure that you spell listserv correctly;
it is not "listserve." After you distribute this message,
you will receive an automatically generated response indicating
that your name has been changed.
16. What if my question is not answered here?
Please contact the listserv moderator Erich
Merkle for additional information.
This page will be updated with new questions as they are submitted
to the listserv moderators.
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