Some questions that we're frequently asked (FAQs), and their answers can be found here:
How are some of the topics used by the Greyhound-List?
I'm an AOL subscriber. Sometimes my greyhound-list e-mail appears with a black or red background. How can I fix this?
I've been told that my e-mail is encoded in HTML and that I need to turn it off. How do I do this?
What restrictions are there on advertising on the Greyhound-List?
What resources are there about protecting my computer from computer viruses?
This list is a TOPIC based list. In order to get your mail read
by the maximum amount of list members you need to insert a topic keyword into the subject
line of each post you send to the list.
The topic keyword MUST come first in the subject line, followed by a
colon and then the rest of the subject. For instance:
MEDICAL: My Greyhound is Sick
SPECIAL: Greyhound needs a home in New York
If you are unsure as to what topic is best, you can use more than one topic in your
subject line. Simply separate the topics by commas and then place a colon between the last
topic keyword and the rest of
the subject. For instance:
MEDICAL,DOGCARE: How to get rid of worms?
SPECIAL,CHAT: GUR run
Tired of reading all of those CHAT posts? Sick of the DEBATE post? Have I got a deal for
you.........
For those of you who wish to take advantage of the TOPICS, and want to set your account to
receive only the Greyhound-l mail with certain topics in their subject line, please read
on........
Topics allow people to restrict the incoming list mail based on the subject line. In order
to take advantage of this option, you MUST be getting list mail as individual messages.
To set yourself to MAIL (as opposed to digest), send mail to:
In the text say:
SET GREYHOUND-L MAIL
Once this is in effect you can then set the
topics you wish to receive.
Explanation: right now each of you is set to ALL, which means you are receiving all
messages no matter the topic.
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The TOPICS choices on Greyhound-l:
DOGCARE |
Nutrition, exercise, improving coat, appearance, weight |
| CHAT | Non-serious items: stories, updates, cute incidents, dog naming |
| EVENTS | Meet and Greets, Reunion Picnics, Lure Coursing, Shows, tests, trials: announce, results, questions, get togethers |
| HELP | Questions for help on behavior, training, etc., esp. for newbies |
| MEDICAL | Medical questions or info. Health info./problems |
| TRAINING | Anything to do with training, tips, etc., esp. for newbies |
| SPECIAL | Pupdates, Special Day-by-day encounters with Greyhounds, Introduction of new adoptees, Lost dogs, Greys needing assistance, Special Needs Dogs, Deaths |
| RESOURCES | Greyhound related items, short ads from "non-profit" adoption groups |
| DEBATE | Discussions of a more serious nature |
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Send these "set" commands in to:
The two most common settings for this option are usually:
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ALL -CHAT
This means, send you all of the topics EXCEPT
for those labeled as CHAT.
...or...
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ALL -CHAT -OTHER
This means, send you all of the topics EXCEPT
for those labeled CHAT, or those with no topic keyword listed in the subject line at all.
For more information, look at the discussion of topics below. The above two options
work for most people, though.
You can list an absolute set of topics to receive, or add and subtract from the current
set that you do get.
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ALL
Means that you will get all messages sent to the list, including unlabelled ones. This is the default for new subscribers.
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ALL -CHAT
Means that you will get all list mail except those marked CHAT.
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ADMIN MEDICAL TRAINING
Means that you will only recieve mail with any of these three labels present in the subject line.
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: ALL -OTHER
Means that you will only get mail that has been labelled with a topic keyword.
SET GREYHOUND-L TOPICS: +SPECIAL
Means that you are adding the topic SPECIAL to whatever your current topic setting is.
Occasionally, people will accidentally send a post to the list that has an HTML
attachment in it. If this happens, folks with AOL and a few other ISPs will notice that
when they open their mail or digests the screen will be black or red. Here are two
workarounds for this problem:
Here are two ideas to get around the dark screen problems:
> Mary Ann so graciously provided the list with this AOL workaround:
>
> Use your arrow to select the entire issue, highlight it, you will see nothing
> but a bunch of dots. Go to edit, and click on copy. When you finish reading
> your other mail, go to you word processor program and hit paste. The entire
> issue should come up for you.
>
Another:
>
> For anyone who is as compulsive as I am, and wants to read their digests in
> order, I've found the simplest workaround for this problem is to copy the
> whole digest and paste it into a new mail message. That way I can read it
immediatelyand don't even have to go over into another application.
Obviously,I don't fill in either the address or subject sections of the
> message and when I'm done with it, I just close it without saving the changes.
> Voila,
> Nancy
For whatever reason, most new mail systems set their default Send to be
accompanied by an HTML attachment. That means, unless you find and turn this HTML OFF, you
will be sending people duplicates of your posts and the duplicate will be coded up like a
Web Page.
This might be fine for private email, but wreaks havoc for the list server.
If you are a new list member or are posting for the first time, PLEASE PLEASE (I beg of
you) check the Config or Options area of your mailer (typically found in the top menu area
in the window you read your mail) and turn OFF the HTML option.
HTML turned ON will cause an exact duplicate of your post to be attached to the end of
that same post, but it will have HTML (web page) code around the words. An example of what
HTML code looks like:
--WebTV-Mail-1862840442-105
Content-Description: signature
Content-Disposition: Inline
Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
<html>
<body bgcolor=black text=red>
<embed src=
"http://users.skynet.be/toinbo_renbo/1/midi/pop016.zip"autostart=true
loop=true>
<body background=
"http://members.tripod.com/~mintcar/rain2.gif">
<font size="0"><font color="red">
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man." - Mark
Twain
</nfont>
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Commercial advertisements of any kind are NOT to appear on this list. Rescue dog placement
and fundraisers by rescue organizations are not considered advertising, but such messages
should be kept as brief as possible -- a screenful (approximately 50 lines) is more than
enough. Since Greyhound items are hard to find, we will also allow advertising of
catalogues/web pages/specific items **IF** the proceeds (or a portion thereof) go to a
Greyhound rescue group. These ads will only be permitted as part of a subscribers
signature block and should not be longer than four lines. An example:
John Smith
For a brochure of the great Greyhound collars I make, please email me privately !!
jsmith@email.address
Remember though, this list is primarily for interaction, and anyone posting
"ads only", even within the restrictions, may be asked to leave the list.
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