One of list owner David Haun's irritants is people who don't sign their messages, leaving it to others to puzzle out who the message is from. To make this easier, and to keep David happy, here's a tip on setting up an automatic signature for all your messages sent to the group. Log into the website www.groups.io and go into the MichoacanNet group. On the left hand menu, click on Subscription. It's the second item down. In the Signature section, you can type your name and possibly your location if desired. You only have to do this once and it'll be on every message automatically. Be sure to click on both boxes above so if you send a message either by email or on the website, the signature will show. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and hit Save to save your settings. Just log in and set it and forget it unless you want to change it later. David is a good guy, spending countless hours administering MichoacanNet. Let's keep him smiling. -- Mark This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

This seems to come up enough to warrant a separate post. And maybe make it sticky so it sits at the top of the messages, like the one about how to add a signature line. I'm am copying some of this from my friend Barbara Lynn who uses it on a different Groups.io forum that I belong to. It's come up a few times on how to get to the Files area, how to get to the Photos area, etc Our group is more than just an email message list. It's a whole website of information created and added to for many years. Our move from yahoo to the groups.io platform did not change our content. It's all still there for you to search and explore. First you need to log in to the www.groups.io website with your username and password. A list of your groups pops up to choose which one you want to visit. Click on the MichoacanNet group. Once inside the group, there is a long menu of items on the left hand side of all the information and items we have available. You can view and search old messages by clicking on Messages. You can start a New Topic by clicking on that choice. There's a Calendar to add events to, Photos and Files, all of which have valuable and helpful information. The Databases, Wiki, and New Poll choices are not currently used. Clicking on Files, you'll see information further organized into folders, like Art and Culture, or Professional Services (Doctors, Vets, Lawyers, etc.). A lot of the information is old, but some, like my doctor's list, I try to update once or twice a year. If others have informative files of information to contribute (not advertising please!), the group becomes more valuable. Anyone can upload files or photos. I encourage you to log in and explore the information. Save the website in your favorites, place it on your desktop or however you save websites so it's easy for you to find. When you're sharing information with others, it may be helpful to create a document or a photo album. You can upload photos and put descriptions with each photo in the album. It'll be easier to find than having that important information buried in conversations. Creating a PDF file and uploading it to the appropriate folder makes information easy to find and print out. Have a list of handymen and repair people that you use? Why not put it in a file and upload it, making a new folder if you don't see an appropriate category for it? It works best on a computer, but you can use phones and tablets - they just have a smaller interface and different layout than I described here. I'm not sure if there are limitations on uploading on those devices, but access to the information should work. If you can't get somewhere on your mobile device, then log in on a computer and you'll find it. Anyways, I hope this helps give you an idea of what information our group website has and how it can help you get the most out of it. -- -- Mark Emmer, Pátzcuaro