These are the directions for subscribing, unsubscribing and working in the USAFP E-Mail Mailing Lists (Majordomo)
Mailing Lists
There are currently seven (7) mailing lists for use by members of the USAFP. If you have an idea or request for a new mailing list (example, for a committee), please email me at fpnet@msn.com:
- List #1 is the Medical Informatics ListServe for online discussions of issues relevant to Medical Informatics (medical-informatics).
- List #2 is the Sports Medicine ListServe for online discussions of issues relevant to Sports Medicine (sports-medicine).
- List #3 is for the USAFP Officers and Board of Directors for news from USAFP Headquarters and for online discussions.
- List #4 is the Resident_Student ListServe for online discussions of issues relevant to Medical Students and Residents
- List #5 is for Special Constituencies - Minority Members, and is for anyone with an interest in this area (usafp-spec-con-minorities)
- List #6 is for Special Constituencies - Women Members, and is for anyone with an interest in this area (usafp-spec-con-women).
- List #7 is for Special Constituencies - New Physicians & Mentors, and is for anyone with an interest in this area (usafp-new-physicians).
Subscribing to the lists.
For the Medical Informatics mailing list: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe medical-informatics (on one line)
For the Sports Medicine List: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe sports-medicine (on one line)
For the Officer-Board of Directors' List: fpnet@msn.com
Send me a message requesting to be added with your preferred e-mail address. I will add you directly. Otherwise USAFP Headquarters will provide me with the names to include on this list.
For the Resident_Student List: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe resident-student (on one line)
For the Special Constituencies - Minority Members List: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe usafp-spec-con-minorities(on one line)
For the Special Constituencies - Women Members List: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe usafp-spec-con-women (on one line)
For the Special Constituencies - New Physicians & Mentors List: majordomo@usafp.org
Place the following in the Body of the message: subscribe usafp-new-physicians (on one line)
Posting messages to a list:
1. You must subscribe to a list before you can send a message to that list. These are subscriber only lists. That protects against spam.
2. To send a message to the "General" list on usafp.org, the user would enter:
To: medical-informatics@usafp.org (or sports-medicine@usafp.org - to send to the sports medicine list; usafp-spec-con-minorities@usafp.org; resident-student@usafp.org; usafp-spec-con-women@usafp.org; usafp-new-physicians@usafp.org)
Subject: Whatever you desire
... body of message ...
Unsubscribing from a list:
Send a message to majordomo@usafp.org with the following in either the body of the message or on the Subject line: unsubscribe listname
Getting help:
1. General help: majordomo@usafp.org - no subject - help (in the body)
2. Help for a specific list: not available for Majordomo mailing lists
Obtaining a list of subscribers:
1. To: majordomo@usafp.org
Subject:
who sports-medicine (in the Body of the message)
Obtaining a list of which lists to which you are subscribed:
1. To: majordomo@usafp.org
Subject:
which (in the Body of the message)
Obtaining a list of which lists are available on the server:
1. To: majordomo@usafp.org
Subject:
lists (in the Body of the message)
Discussion Forums
There are five (5) discussion forums available for USAFP members to discuss and share ideas. These discussion forums are:
1. Medical Informatics
2. AHLTA Clinical Champions (open only to AHLTA Regional and Command Clinical Champions)
3. AHLTA Discussion Forum...open to anyone
4. IT Committee
5. Residents and Students
Please go here to register for the discussion forums, view posts or post yourself. registration is not required for the open forums, but it is encouraged. The discussion forums are moderated and spamming or flaming is not allowed.
This page © copyright 1997-2007 by CAPT Bob Marshall MD MPH MISM, Faculty, Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency/NavMedWest AHLTA Regional Clinical Champion/Consultant, Naval Hospital, Bremerton.