• Be polite and respectful. There are many different opinions and management techniques for diabetic pets. Discussion is encouraged, but rudeness is not allowed.

• Post only diabetes-related messages.  This is a very broad topic and as long as your message is about something that relates to the care of your diabetic pet, it is ok.

  Appropriate topics include:   Medical care of your diabetic pet Your ability to care for your diabetic pet Coping with the stress of owning a diabetic pet  Diabetes supplies Techniques Other health issues that your diabetic pet is facing like cataracts or urinary tract infections If other medications will effect the diabetes How to prepare for traveling Brief stories about something humorous your diabetic pet did or announcements of "diabetes anniversaries", birthdays, or deaths. Inappropriate topics include: general animal welfare issues, news about animal abuse cases, "campaigning" on pet issues, ethical, religious or personal debate or argument. If you have doubts if your message is appropriate, please feel free to contact the List Owner: petdiabetes-owner@yahoogroups.com.

•  Email etiquette

  • The subject line of your e-mail should describe your message. This allows discussions to continue in a orderly manner and allows those who are not interested in a topic to delete messages without having to read them. Occasional "Off-Topic" posts are allowed... be sure to put "OT" in the subject line to alert readers.
    

  • Trim your replies to a message by leaving only the parts of the original message relevant to your reply. This keeps the messages a reasonable length.
    

  • Introduce a new subject with a new message; try not to start a new topic using the reply button.
    

  • Use common sense about what is of interest to the entire group, and what is better communicated privately. Avoid one-line messages like “me too” and “thanks”.
    

  • Before you press the "Send" button: Minimize spelling errors and make sure that your messages are easy to read and understand.  Without the voice inflections and body language of personal communications, it is easy to misinterpret a remark-- think twice before sending anything that might be misunderstood.
    

  • Product advertising is not allowed.  If you own it or make a profit from it, please don't try to sell it on our list.  I will remove you from the group if you violate this rule.
    
    For a more detailed outline of email etiquette and netiquette, please visit www.petdiabetes.org/etiquette.htm.

   

• Usually, this list is not moderated (no one approves a message before it is sent to the list members). It is your responsibility to use your good judgment and to follow the rules. Moderation is enacted by the list owner when necessary.

Join the List

Now that you've read our purpose and rules, if you'd like to participate, please join our group. Joining our group allows you to participate in the mailing list, and use all the other features that are available (chat, links, files, photo album, database, polls).  Just enter your e-mail address and click on the purple yahoo box.

Common Problems

You're not getting list mail
The most common reason for this is because your mail box has overflowed or there's some problem at your ISP with mail delivery. As the list owner, I get notified every time list mail does not get delivered because it places additional work on all the mail servers involved and needs to be stopped. If this happens for a day or two, I turn your list mail off. Unfortunately, notifying you that I've done this probably won't work because your mail isn't being delivered :-)

If I've turned your mail off, you can turn it back on by using the web page at our yahoo group or by sending an email to: petdiabetes-mail@yahoogroups.com. 

You may have accidentally flagged your list mail as junk or spam and it is being sent to another mail folder. Check your other mail folders to see if it's been tagged as junk or spam. Sometimes this happens at web e-mail accounts like msn or yahoo, but it can also happen at a regular ISP who get a little over-zealous with their spam filtering.