Re: Thanks and Help

[Guest guest]

Hi Nana!

You suggested:

Also, I would like to suggest that it would be possible to reduce the

number of emails by asking people to limit their postings to actual

questions and information. Lately there are so many emails which

contain neither.

** Before I respond, I want to preface by saying that my tone is not one of a

hostile nature. This method of communication is difficult to interpret

sometimes since you can't see or hear the person. Therefore, I just wanted to

make sure you know that this does not come with an attitude.

**It is my understanding that this is a support group. So while questions and

answers are certainly a part of providing support, I don't think it should be

limited to that. Sometimes we need to vent. Sometimes we need encouragement.

Sometimes we need to share as we celebrate successes. I think these are all

very important parts of this group.

**Believe me, I know it is overwhelming to get so many e-mails in one day.

There are many times when I just have to keep hitting delete because I can't

ingest all of it. But I feel it is unfair to expect others to deprive

themselves of the comraderee (sp?) of this group simply to eliminate possible

e-mails for those that aren't interested.

**Hopefully, you will be able to get help in adjusting your membership (I

don't know how to do that so I'm sorry to not be of help to you there). Then

you can simply look at the ones you wish to on the website without denying

others the chance to find support that goes beyond questions and answers.

Jeni Lynn (gastrointestinal problems)

SCD 2 months

mom to Margeaux, 6 yr. (heavy metal toxicity, ADD, gastrointestinal problems)

, 3 yr. (heavy metal toxicity, risk for ADD, gastrointestinal problems)

Elle, 18 mo. (heavy metal toxicity, leaky gut, eczema)

SCD 4 months

[Guest guest]

Nana,

You are set to NO MAIL. I just checked.

It oftentimes takes Yahoo! 1-3 days to actually change the delivery of

the messages.

So, depending on when you changed your settings-- Yahoo! will actually

discontinue sending them to your e-mail address.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

(list moderator)

[Guest guest]

--- In pecanbread , " Mike and Jean McGuire "

This e-mail came to the list from a different e-mail address.

You joined the list with this e-mail address and blocked your address

from being seen. I cannot change or check on any of your settings.

The Hennessy account is set to No Mail, but I have no idea what this

irishbull account is set to.

You'll have to check on that yourself.

Jody

mom to -7 and -9

SCD 1/03

[Guest guest]

would like to suggest that it would be possible to reduce the

> number of emails by asking people to limit their postings to

actual

> questions and information. Lately there are so many emails

which

> contain neither.

Sometimes we need to vent. Sometimes we need encouragement.

Sometimes we need to share as we celebrate successes.

We might think about helping Jody and other moderators out, though,

by sending our " Thank you " messages and our " LOL " messages and

our " Where are you located? " messages directly to the person we are

asking. I have sent many a message directly to the person and as

far as I can tell, no one has been angry that I didn't ask

permission first. Also, I do believe there is an issue with storing

all these messages in the archives; eventually there will only be so

much room (am I right on this? I think it has come up before.) So

taking that extra step to send this type of message to the

individual person can help reduce the moderators' workload and help

with the archive size and make searches less slow--not fast, I know,

but less slow.

Just trying to keep the support intact, but help reduce volume as

well,

, mom to