November 30, 2002

This message is from Amateur Radio Station W1NRA, located in Phenix City, Alabama.
I have a Amateur Radio Update newsletter (185 members) that is sent over the internet and 
due to so many people constantly changing servers, which I understand the reasons for 
frequent changes but may I make this suggestion.
I suggest to everyone that they get their email set up to use YAHOO MAIL.
The reasons follows:
I have used YAHOO MAIL for about 7 years now without problems. I have also used 
probably 6 ISP's, Earth-link, AOL, Mindspring and several others. 
If you set your email up for yahoo, you never have to change your email address.
You can change ISP's often and everyone still has your current email address.
When you send email with your current server, you use their email and you have THEIR 
address for everyone you send and receive email to/from.
Every time you change servers, either you lose everyone and you can't receive their email 
or you must remember to send all of them your NEW email address. You may forget them 
or they may forget to change your address in their email address book so there's always
a chance that you will miss someone one way or the other. 
If you have your email set up with YAHOO, your address never changes although you may 
change ISP's every two months or so. NO PROBLEMS with you or your friends keeping up 
or having to change their address books. 
This isn't an advertisement for yahoo but just the facts as I see them. 
This is the way I have my email set up and my email address will never change regardless 
of whether I change my ISP frequently or not. 
We will change from one provider to others as we all have problems with their services, but, 
there's no reason to create more problems for ourselves and our friends by using that server's 
email service.
With my "Alabama - Georgia Amateur Radio Update Newsletter", I receive several address 
changes from different members every month or I lose them altogether when they change 
servers without notifying ALL their friends of the change. They are just lost unless they think 
to notify everyone of the changes. 

This is just a suggestion to those of you who might not know that you can have your email
set up with someone else and you do not have to use the email services of your ISP.
Yahoo has some other advantages too. All your email is scanned for virus protection.
It has SPELL CHECKER also.
YOU CAN PICK UP OR SEND EMAIL WITH YAHOO ANYWHERE YOU CAN GET ON THE
INTERNET, LIBRARIES, A FRIENDS COMPUTER, OFFICE, AT HOME ETC.
All you have to do is remember your password and that's it. 
It's free so why not consider changing to yahoo and you'll never need to change your 
email address again. 

As I said this suggestion is due to problems I've had with losing members of my Newsletter 
List when they change ISP's (Internet Service Providers). Sometimes later I will run into them 
somewhere and they will tell me "I don't receive your email or the newsletter anymore". 
Remember, if they do change that address and don't let me know, I can't find them to update
my address book. SOME MEMBERS SEEM TO CHANGE EVERY MONTH so I don't even worry 
about them. It 's up to them to let me know. 

Just think about what I suggested and how much easier it will make it to keep up with
friends and for them to keep up with you. 

I send this message every year or so and the same ones keep doing the curly shuffle with their email. 

Jerry Hemby, W1NRA
Editor of "The Alabama - Georgia Amateur Radio Update Newsletter, in it's fifth year as 
of November 13th this year (2002). If you would like to receive this newsletter, just let me know 
and I will put you on my member list. There is no cost to you and it is informative and sometimes 
entertaining.....hi hi.
73