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Here are some of the common questions that have come up with regard to the Child-Neuro e-mail list. Please save this message for future reference.

• Q: I can no longer send messages, unsubscribe, or send commands to the server? What's going on?
  A: The most likely explanation is that the e-mail address your message is coming from is different from the one from which you were originally subscribed. This could happen if the gateway (the routing pathway) your e-mail system uses has changed. The system administrators often "leber at med.umich.edu" or "mack.kenneth at mayo.edu" and we'll change your mailing address. Alternatively, you may have a spam filter set up. Make sure the new email isn’t blocked.  Set your “trust” settings to include child-neuro@lyris.dundee.net and child-neuro@lyris-mb.dundee.net.
• Q: I often do not know the context of someone's reply about a message. Can something be done about this?
  A: Good point. This is particularly problematic when people are replying to a "digest" format; the replies "subject" comes out as "Child-Neuro Digest..." rather than the subject of the individual message being addressed. The only solution is for the replier to change the "subject" to match that of the initial message. In addition, in this case as well as in all other replies, it is generally useful to quote *briefly* from the initial message, particularly if the initial message was written more than a few days earlier.
• Q: I am not from the United States, and I cannot understand many of the discussions because the authors use brand names of drugs rather than generic names. Can this be corrected?
  A: You are entirely correct. We all have to be careful to use generic names and to avoid jargon (e.g., septicize, tap, ....)
• Q: Why do I sometimes get personal messages intended for someone else?
  A: Usually, the sender has simply hit the wrong name in his or her e-mail system's address book. Less commonly, the sender does not realize it is a serious breach of "netiquette" to send an individualized message or an "I agree" type response to the whole list.
  

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For questions or comments, contact
Steven Leber, M.D., Ph.D. "leber at med.umich.edu" or
Kenneth Mack, M.D., Ph.D. "mack.kenneth at mayo.edu"