Introduction

YOU MUST ADD THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOUR SAFE SENDERS LIST, THIS WILL STOP YOUR EMAIL PROGRAMME THINKING IT IS SPAM.

PLEASE NOTE: THE EMAIL FORUM WORKS BEST USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS OR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2003 - WEBMAIL PROGRAMMES CAUSE ERRORS. FOR MORE INFO EMAIL  webmaster@basem.co.uk

THOSE MEMBERS WHO USE  WWW.DOCTORS.ORG.UK FOR VIEWING EMAILS MAY SETUP EMAIL IN OUTLOOK OR OUTLOOK 2003 BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LINK BELOW:

SETTING UP OUTLOOK

Welcome to the BASEM Members Forum. Our updated forum replaces the web based forum that we initially launched 2 years ago when our website was upgraded. It has become clear that members do not utilise a web based discussion format and following the success of the email forum pioneered by UKADIS we have developed a new system based on email, without the need for a login.

We have been very conscious that any email forum for an organisation of the size of BASEM could become very intrusive and therefore we have built in 2 levels of control which allow members to opt out of all discussions or individual discussions.

Over the last 4 weeks the BASEM Executive has tested the system and as far as is possible we believe we have ironed out any teething problems. That said once it is fully operational there maybe unforseen glitches. Please be patient and if you have concerns then please email the BASEM webmaster on  webmaster@basem.co.uk.

Finally can I ask all of you to pay careful attention to the following Forum Rules, which have been written to ensure the system runs smoothly.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL EXISTING MEMBERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE POSTS TO THE EMAIL FORUM.

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In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact us at  webmaster@basem.co.uk

General Rules:

• While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters.
  
• Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such.
  
• Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum email and Private message system to spam other members.
  
• Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts. To bump means if no one has replied to your question instantly, wait a while before you send the message again, in some cases not all the members will be online to respond instantly so please be patient.
  
• We also do not allow posts that are sexual in nature or violate Basem community standards. The Basem admin shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.
  
• Discussion of illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed.
  
• We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice.
  
• Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
  
• You can not post any affiliate or referral links, or post anything asking for a referral. Such posts will be subject to removal. For example if you have links that earn you revenue when clicked on, please do not send to the forum.
  
• You cannot post adverts for products.
  
• We also reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to our support forums are a privileged and not a right. A banned customer is still entitled to support from the support system.
  
• Signatures should not be added in any email to forum or small terms. From Outlook this can be done by following these steps:
  
  Select Tools > Options > A window appears On that window select the tab Mail Format
  
  On that window is the option to remove signatures, see image below. Signitures may also be removed by highlighting the text and pressing delete.
  
  
  
  
• Attachments are also not allowed in the forum.

Any threads/posts of these types will be deleted.

How to get started.

Any registered Basem member can post a question to Basem Forum without logging to the system i.e: from his/her personnel email client such as Outlook etc.

Steps to post a New Question

• Open your email programme and compose a new email
  

• The email should be send To:
  
• The subject should start from N : then write the topic for your new question. (please make your question relevant to the discussion)
  
• The question you have posted is saved formatted and then submitted to basem site.

Steps to participate in Forum

If you have opted for alerts from Basem Forum you will receive an email when a new question is posted by a member.

• You only have to operate the email via the 6 links present in the email. Please do not use any of the action buttons present in you email programme.
  
• By replying to a new post you will automatically become subscriber to that post and receive any new reply posted by other members.
  

Links Explained

I want to be part of this discussion: This will subscribe you to receive further emails regarding this post even if you do not want to reply.

I do not want to be part of this discussion: This link will exempt you from receiving any emails for the new post.

Disable my notifications: This will exempt you from Basem Forum overall.

Reply to Forum: The reply you send will be emailed and stored in the Basem system.

Reply to Author: This will send your reply to author of the post not to Basem System.

Request Rules: This will request the latest Forum Rules from Basem and you will receive it via email.

Steps to reply to Forum

You have to use the link present in the email to send reply to Author or Basem Forum.

• You only have to reply using the "Reply to Forum" link in the email header and footer or "Reply to Author" link for sending reply to Author.
  
• You should not ADD / EDIT / DELETE / UPDATE the Subject line ever when sending a reply the system will auto get your id from this.
  
• Remember you just have to click the "Reply to Forum" or "Reply to Author" link and type your reply and send it.
  
• If Outlook prompts you to correct the spelling of the subject line please click Cancel and send mail, do not change anything in the subject line.

PLEASE NOTE: You can also login to Basem Members Panel and Post / Reply / View / Subscribe / Unsubscribe from the threads posted in Basem Forum overall.

The controls are located under the section called:

NEW: Email Forum

Within this section you will have the following controls:

• Start a New Discussion - Complete the form entering a topic and question.
  
• Subscribe to Discussions - This will list the current questions. If you join the BASEM website after the post was originally made you can choose to join into discussions or alternatively if you originally opted to not join in you can re-join here.
  
• Unsubscribe from Discussions - You can opt to unsubscribe from discussions here as well as the emails that you will receive.
  
• View all Discussions - This will list all discussions and give you the facility to search the archive.
  
• View Forum Rules and Guidelines - Link to the forum and guidelines.
  
• Edit Forum Options - Overall control to specify if you want to receive emails or not.