Hey, Big Cranks!

This is just a reminder about how the Big Crank yahoo group
email "behaves".  If you receive an email
from "bigcrankcycling@yahoogroups.com", that's a broadcast message
through the yahoo group.  What that means?  If you hit the reply
button on one of those messages, it will post as a broadcast
message....which means that your reply will go to all 80 Big Crank
Cycling yahoo group members.

This is sometimes appropriate....like if you need to issue a
correction to information contained in the original message that the
whole group needs to hear.  But sometimes, it can just be
embarassing.  AND...when you reply in that way, whatever email address
you are working from winds up "published" in 80 inboxes.  And if your
dialog partner responds in kind, his/her reponse will be posted to the
yahoo group as well.  Broadcasting your conversation to lots of
folks.  Unless you want to be on reality TV, that's probably not
something you you're lookin for.

Its not a big deal to us.  If it happens, it happens.  But to avoid
sending personal responses that everyone else is going to read or
divulging personal information in a public forum, follow these simple
rules when dealing with Big Crank Cycling correspondence:

1.  Check the email address before you do anything.  If it
says "@yahooGROUPS.com", its a broadcast message.  If it
says "@yahoo.com", its not.

2.  You can reply to either, but if you reply to "@yahooGROUPS.com",
it will post to the yahoo group and go to everyone.

3.  If you receive a note from "@yahooGROUPS.com" and want to reply to
it, create a new email message and enter "bigcrankcycling@..."
in the "To" field.  This will go the club officers, not the group
distribution list.

Again.  No offense taken if it happens.  This is just a courtesy
reminder about how to use the list-serv features of the yahoo group.
If you have any questions, shoot us an email (yes...a test.  :)  )

Hope you're having a good weekend.

Big Crank Cycling