August, 2002      Diablo Blue     Page 7

We’re providing an Email Notification service for the DVPC monthly meeting, and for SIGs as well, for all current, paid-up members. If you’re interested in receiving an email message announcing each monthly meeting, and for the SIGs you attend, fill out this form and mail to the address on page 16 of this copy of Diablo Blue. Note that there’s no separate notification for the New Users SIG since it’s held on the same night as the monthly meeting.

Send me Email notification of each monthly DVPC meeting and these SIGs:

 

Name _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________________

 

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The thing I like about IncrediMail is that I have such a large variety of letter backgrounds to choose from that I can add to personalize my e-mails. Besides the basic ones that come standard in the program, there are many more backgrounds, e-cards, animation and sounds that can be added (all free of charge) without having to make your own… if you’re not talented enough like me… by going to IncrediMail’s multimedia web gallery, or to one of the many IM websites where you can find a variety of all of these plus help with problems you may encounter. These sites also list other sites where you can learn how to make your own backgrounds using either Letter Creator or using a different program such as Paint Shop Pro.

One of the IM letter sites I went to ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A_S-A-F-E_Place/) offers a link to tutorial classes at http://enchanted1designs.com/abcs/about.html that have at least 2 tutorial links every week for the following subjects: psp (paint shop pro), eye candy (plug-in for psp), blade pro (plug-in for psp), SIG tags, making letters for LC/IncrediMail & 20/20. Classes last for 8 weeks & have a top limit of 30 "students" per class. The owners of this tutorial site, Becky & Candy, said, “We have had great success with the classes so far & have high hopes of it's continuous success!” Hey… if I’m in the class, they can’t be bad… right??? So check it out!!

Ok, some people don’t like me to use this program because it takes a little longer to download than a standard e-mail, but at least I don’t use sound which DOES take a long time to due to the midi or wav file attachment. All you have to remember is that the more you add to an e-mail, the longer it will take to download. If someone does not like receiving these “stationary” e-mails, ask them to let you know and you can then select a “no background” and they will receive a standard e-mail with a white background. Most people do not mind that it takes a little longer since there are so many neat backgrounds or sidebars (including your own pictures) that can be seen and that they can “snag” or add to their own collection just by viewing yours. One thing about e-mail programs, you **do** have a few choices… you do not have to stay with the default selection that is given you. Use your imagination… use it in color… use it with pictures… it’s all up to you!! The IncrediMail home gallery offers a wide variety as well as animations, sounds and e-cards. All these can also be found on many sites all over the Internet.

Going to www.yahoo.com and typing "incredimail stationary" in the search window and will result in multiple listings that

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