This mailing list is for discussion about the Pathways 2000 Care Manager or Pathways Lab product.  It is non-commercial and intended as a tool for the users.  Please follow the simple mailing list "netiquette" to make this list more productive for us all:

• To post to the list:  Send email to the address:  pcm@mediccom.org or pwlis@mediccom.org     You must be subscribed to the list to post a message to it.  This configuration of the mailing list software significantly reduces the amount of junk email that gets redistributed to the list.
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• Quote only the bare minimum text.  When you quote the original message, which is a handy function that we are all used to seeing, please cut from that quote all but the bare minimum text.  It makes no sense to reply with one sentence to a 2-3 paragraph message quoting all that original text.  A general rule is two to three lines of original text.  Its almost never acceptable to quote the message header and the footer attached to the message you are replying to.
• Read all the messages first, then go back and reply.  If you find a message you want to reply to, check all the email in your mailbox first and make sure someone hasn't already made the same reply.  Often times in a mailing list, when someone asks a question, there are numerous responses all saying the same thing because nobody has bothered to check that someone has already addressed the issue and responded.  If you disagree with the person that posts a reply, then reply to his/her reply.  This makes the message thread look better and easier to follow the discussion.
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More about Email mailing lists:
An email mailing list consists of a list of email addresses of users who share an interest and wish to communicate regularly via email.  The benefit of a mailing list over simple email results from the ability of a user to subscribe or unsubscribe from the list at will.  Participants of the list don't need to keep the email addresses on their PC's address book.  They are maintained at the host site. Sending one message to the mailing list results in that messages being duplicated by the mailing list software to everyone who is currently subscribed. Subscription to and from this list is managed by the above web form.

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