| What kind of news is posted to 'PicoList'? |
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| PicoList is for small news about specific places - where you live, work or play.
It's the practical stuff about things close at hand - about what's going on
at the local school, shops opening up nearby, contractors working in your
area, an evening show at a nearby restaurant, service announcements by
local government. top |
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| Why would I want this? |
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| There's a lot happening and a lot of resources close at hand,
but close doesn't always mean easy to find. PicoList helps to make
these resources visible in a timely way. Sometimes you may have to go
miles to get what you want, or scour through the citywide telephone directory
to find something you need - but if you don't have to, why bother? top |
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| Who sends to PicoList? |
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| Anyone can register to send to PicoList. PicoList promotes awareness
of the service mostly to local organizations, but individuals can also
register to send messages. top |
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| Won't I get a lot of mail? |
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It's easy to control the amount of email you receive from PicoList. By setting
your personal options, you can block particular sources, restrict the size of the
area you're interested in receiving news about, and suspend your PicoList
subscription at any time.
Senders to PicoList know that you can block them,
so they have a reason to avoid flooding you with email or sending you messages
you don't want to receive.top |
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| I don't like to give out my email address. |
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| Your email address isn't available to senders of PicoList, and we
won't give your email address to anyone. For a complete statement of
PicoList privacy policy, go here. top |
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| Can I get notifications for more than one location? |
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| You can register more than one location. After you subscribe, log in
and go to Edit my profile ->
my locations and
add, edit or delete additional locations. You can also change
your 'primary' location, which is the location you specified
when subscribing. top |
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| What if I decide I don't want any more email from PicoList? |
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| All you have to do is log in and unsubscribe, and your email address will be deleted from
the subscriber list.
(There may be a time lag during which messages currently queued are delivered to you).
You can also suspend messages for up to one month if, for example, you don't want to
receive email from PicoList while you're on vacation. top |
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| What's a 'preferred source'? |
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| You can mark a message source as preferred. Mail from preferred sources have
priority in the PicoList mailing system. If you get mail from a preferred
source, it will be sent from picolist-priority@picolist.org. Non-preferred mail
comes from picolist-general@picolist.org. top |
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| Someone is sending me mail I don't want. |
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| If you don't want to get mail from a particular source, you can block the source
by clicking on the 'block this source' link at the end of the message.
If you still get mail from this source, but at a different email address,
or if you think the sender is violating the PicoList
Terms of Use, report the message as abuse using the 'report as abuse'
link at the end of the message. top |
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| Can I send messages to PicoList? |
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| Individuals as well as organizations can register to send to PicoList. top |
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| I can't find something I read in PicoList. |
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| Sometimes you might want to find an item that you weren't interested in at the time
you received it. A good way to manage PicoList is to configure your mailer
to filter items into a mail folder. You can use your mailer's search utilities
to look through past items. top |
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| Can I search for past items on the web? |
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| Not yet, but soon. top |
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| I changed my options, but it didn't make a difference. |
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| Changes in your subscription options don't affect items already scheduled for
delivery, so it make take a little time before your change takes effect. top |
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| I unsubscribed. Why am I still getting mail? |
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| Canceling your subscription doesn't affect items already scheduled for
delivery, so for a short period of time you may still get mail. top |
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