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Advertising or promoting a product

SSABSA’s online communities are designed for teachers to share information and ideas. While teachers may wish to inform colleagues of products, textbooks, or events that they have found useful, it is not for use by private companies, or individuals, to promote commercial gain.

Access and subscribing

Access to each group is restricted - new members must be approved by the group administrator. Once approved, a member will receive a welcome email and may need to reply to confirm their subscription.

These groups and their functions can be accessed either through the SSABSA Online Community list or the Learning Area pages (see notes below). More information can be found in the Mailman User Manual [pdf] or by sending a message with the word 'help' in the subject or body, to groupname-request@lists.ssabsa.sa.edu.au (e.g. ipp-teachers-request@lists.ssabsa.sa.edu.au).

To subscribe to a community click here.

Passwords

You must supply a password when joining a group. If you are subscribed from SSABSA, a random password will be allocated to you. This password can be changed later to one that is more easily remembered - see Changing Your Settings section below.

If you have forgotten your password, you can get it by either:

• Going to the SSABSA Online Community list and clicking on your group. On this page look for the section marked 'Subscriber options' (near the bottom of the page). Enter your email address in the box beside the 'Unsubscribe or edit options' button then click on the button. On this page look for the 'Password reminder' section and click the 'Remind' button and your password will be emailed to you. If you do not receive the password reminder email check that you have typed your email address correctly and that the address you used is subscribed to that group.

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• Send an email to groupname-request@lists.ssabsa.sa.edu.au (e.g. ipp-teachers-request@lists.ssabsa.sa.edu.au) with the command 'password' (no quote marks). The Mailman software will email you with your password. Mailman commands can appear in either the body or the subject of the message. See section 3.2 of the Mailman User Manual for more information about sending email commands.

Changing Your Settings

To change your settings for a group, go to the web interface for that group. This interface can be accessed from the SSABSA Online Community list or the Learning Area pages. Once on this web page, log on using your group membership email address and password, then click the 'Unsubscribe or edit options' button. This will take you to the membership options page which allows you to change your settings including: