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How to post to AusPharmList
Posting a new thread.
- Post by email --> Send your post by email to auspharmlist@auspharmlist.net.au
- Post online --> At the AusPharmList website click on the "Start new thread' Link and follow the prompts. Please note that your post won't immediately appear online as it needs to be reviewed by the moderator first.
- From AusPharm(e)news using the online method --> Click on the button
 and follow the prompts. Please note that your post won't immediately appear online as it needs to be reviewed by the moderator first.
- From AusPharm(e)news by email --> Click on the button
 and then compose and send your post.
Replying to an existing thread
- From AusPharm(e)news by email --> Click on the button
 . We are aware that there is an error here for some people and while this button will work most of the time for most people, it will occasionally fail
- From AusPharm(e)news using the online option --> Click on the button
 and follow the prompts. Please note that your post won't immediately appear online as it needs to be reviewed by the moderator first.
- From the AusPharmList website --> when viewing a post online at the AusPharmList website, there is a link with each post to "Reply to this post" --> Click on this link and follow the prompts. Please note that your post won't immediately appear online as it needs to be reviewed by the moderator first.
Issues with receiving and reading AusPharm(e)news
Most (but not all) people using the following email applications report that they can read AusPharm(e)news without difficulty.
- Outlook Express
- Outlook
- Eudora
- Hotmail
- Yahoo Mail
- Thunderbird
- Netscape Mail
There are however some issues that we know about for some people.
Some versions of Norton anti virus/spam software recognise the (e)news as spam and put it in the spam folder for some people. For some of these people it doesn't seem possible to tell Norton that the (e)news isn't spam and have it appear in your email inbox. There do not appear to be issues with spam filters other than other than this one. On some days, however, keywords displayed in the subject line of the day's (e)news may trigger all spam filters to see the (e)news as spam (eg V***ra)
Some people have reported that they were getting the text but not the images in the (e)news. This was resolved for most of these people by changing a setting in the email program options. For example, in Outlook Express: go to Tools --> Options --> Security and UNcheck the box that says "Block images and other external content in html email". Most email applications will have a similar option to turn on or off, as the case may be.
There seem to be a few issues that are unique to particular workplaces (and specific mail servers), with a couple of organisations reporting that members are not receiving the (e)news at all. One organisation is receiving it but their members' email application (Outlook) refuses to recognise the incoming (e)news as a web page, rendering it unreadable.
Different email clients seem to handle the enews in different ways. Some people receive it as a "inline" formatted email (ie it appears in the body of the email) while for others it appears as an attachment that must be clicked on to open. It may be possible to change this by changing the settings within the individual email application in question.
It is also clear that people are having issues that appear to be unique to them and we would be pleased to work with these people individually to resolve their problems. After reviewing the information above, and seeking assistance locally where available, please send a detailed description of your issue by email to mark@auspharm.net.au and we will see if we can help.
Each day AusPharm(e)news comes with a text only link to the online version. If all else fails, people having difficulty reading the (e)news should be able to read it without difficulty at the online location. There is a link to each day's online (e)news from the main AusPharm web page @ www.auspharm.net.au
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