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We use an email list server to send out activation notices for any real emergency call ups, for emergency drills, and for the Sunday evening net. This is a user managed list and can send messages to any valid email address. In most cases, if your cell phone can receive text messages addressed as an email, that includes your cell phone. You can register as many email addresses as you like.
Every member of Williamson County ARES is encouraged to sign up for this service. Any other interested parties are welcome to do so as well.
There are two ways to register an email address (or addresses, if you like). The first one is via a web page you can reach here. Enter the email address or pager/cell phone address and follow the directions on the web page.
You can repeat the process for as many alternate addresses as you like. You can use the same location to remove email addresses if you need to do that.
The second method requires that you have a way to send an email from the address where you want to receive the pages. That is easy for a standard email account and many cell phones. It doesn't work for a pager, however. Send an email from the email account you wish to use to PageAll-subscribe at wcarc.com (replace the "at" in the address with the usual @ symbol).
No subject or body is required, just the return address that can accept an email when pages go out.
All requests for membership are moderated, so you won't be active until one of the moderators can approve your request. This keeps the spammers and auto bots from sending spam, but it may take a little bit to get the approval. The system sends an email to the moderators, so it should be acted on quickly.
One last, important point. The email system does not like blind addressing. If you send an email to the system that includes a blind copy (bcc), it will not be sent out. It does create a warning message for the moderators, but it won't be sent until one of them approves it. A previously recommended technique was to send out pages using a bcc address but that does not work with this system.
February 4, 2011 NQ5L
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