Hodgkin's Disease Mail List:

There is a really great resource on the 'net for people with Hodgkin's Disease, their support system, or anyone who is just interested in learning more from people who deal with it on a daily basis. It's a Mail List started by Peter Guethlein, a Hodgkin's patient himself, and it has been a benefit to me everyday. I am certain that it can help you or the people who love you. The details from Peter can be found below, and you can subscribe directly from this page.

Essentially, the list consists of patients, parents, spouses, friends, and relatives. The information is great because it comes from personal experience and not a textbook. You're about to start chemo and want to know how it is going to go? Ask, we have a lot of experience to share. You're feeling depressed and need to talk to someone who will understand? Write, we do. You just want to lurk and read the posts, that's great too. It's simple to sign up, and the messages will come to you like your regular e-mail does. You can respond or not to whatever you want, and you can choose to write to the individual or the group. Whatever you decide, I think that you will find the group to be very friendly and always there when you need them.

So, without further ado, here is the information. I hope you join us in cyberspace!

The Hodgkin's Disease List Server:

( For Updated Information please go to http://www.hodgkinsdisease.org )

Hello and Welcome to the Hodgkin's Disease List Server.

This List Server was started on November 7, 1995.

This Server is setup at domain address solar.org. To contact the postmaster of this list please send email to postmaster@solar.org.

The purpose of this list is to exchange information, stories, hints, tidbits and anything you can think of between fellow Hodgkin's Disease patients. *Please confirm your addition to the list server by posting a message about yourself*. This will help promote exchanges between our members. Please state your location in this first message.

I started this list in Nov of 1995. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's in September of 1995. I am not a medical professional and have no special knowledge of Hodgkin's. I simply run the list server to help others with my condition.

Please don't be shy. Any and all questions/answers posted to the Mail List address of Hodgkins@solar.org will be echoed to all members of this list. It will be extremely helpful to share any of your insights with other having this disease.

Have questions? Ask! Tell us about your experiences, your doctor, how you are coping (or not), there are plenty of others who have had the same/similar experiences and they can HELP.

Users who wish to sign up to the mailing list should send e-mail to listserv@solar.org. In the body of the message, they can put their subscription requests in as 'subscribe hodgkins'. Be sure that you do not put your user-name as part of the command. If you do, Mail List will not recognize it. This is the recommended way of subscribing to the mailing lists.

You can retrieve the archived messages to help you get up to speed by sending e-mail to the listserv@solar.org address. Put the words 'archive hodgkins' in the message body. Mail List will reply by sending out the archived messages to you. This list is set up so that only subscribers can request messages. Please note that we presently have an archive storage of 500 messages. You may receive up to this quantity of messages when you make your request. If a request comes in from a non-subscriber, they will not be sent the archive.

Subscribers of this mailing list can retrieve a current list of subscribers. Send e-mail to the listserv@solar.org, and put in the message body 'REVIEW HODGKINS'. This will send you back a list of subscribers with one address on each line.

The review command is only open to subscribers of the list.

If you wish to help to support and maintain the equipment necessary to maintain this list you can make a donation via check to: Deltronix Enterprises, 26861 Trabuco, E161, Mission Viejo, Ca 92691. All donations will offset the cost of running this list for our subscribers. Please mark on your check Hodgkin's Mail List Support.

Thank you! Postmaster - peterg@hodgkinsdisease.org

Copyright 1996, 1997. Last updated July 19, 1997

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