CYBER NEWS

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ADA MEMBER.NET E-MAIL SERVICESeveral installments of CyberNews this year have dealt with the subject of unsolicited commercial e-mail—better known as “spam”—and the havoc it can wreak on your electronic inbox.E-mail may be the Internet's “killer app”—the application that defines the most compelling use of the medium—but with the amount of spam sent worldwide increasing each month and legal measures to stem the flow apparently ineffective, it would seem there's not much positive to report in the world of electronic mail.But here's some good news from your Association: the ADA offers a tool that can help you better organize your inbox and advertise your membership in the world's largest national dental association at the same time. Through the ADAMember. net e-mail forwarding service, ADA members can sign up for an “ADAMember.net” e-mail address that will forward mail to an existing e-mail account at no cost.Once established, patients, professional contacts, family and friends can use your “ADAMember. net” address to reach you, significantly decreasing the potential for confusion or breakdowns in communication regardless of how many times you switch your home or office Internet service provider.You also can use your permanent “ADAMember.net” e-mail address to market yourself as an ADA member actively, displaying the address on business cards, letterhead and promotional materials and in the ADA Member Directory.And rest assured, the Association does not have access to any member e-mail correspondence.To register for this member benefit, visit “www.ada.org/members/e_forward/index.asp”. As part of the registration process, you'll be asked to select a user name for your new “ADAMember.net” address and to provide the e-mail address of the existing account to which you'd like your e-mail forwarded. It will take about 24 hours for your new e-mail address to become active.GKAS 2005 REGISTRATION GOES ONLINEGive Kids A Smile 2005 is slated for Feb. 4. If you plan to participate in the ADA's annual dental advocacy event, you now can register online at ADA.org.Visit “www.ada.org/goto/gkas” to register to participate in the Association's third dental access day, providing oral health care and education for underprivileged children across the United States. In February of this year, some one million children received dental care and education from 38,000 dental professionals.Online registration allows the ADA to gauge the national success of the program and enables participants to request products from GKAS sponsors through Dec. 1. GKAS sponsors includeCrest Healthy Smiles 2010, Cincinnati;DEXIS Digital X-Ray Systems, Redwood, Calif.;Ivoclar Vivadent, Amherst, N.Y.;Sullivan-Schein, Melville, N.Y.The registration process takes 10 to 15 minutes. After signing up, be sure to come back to the Give Kids A Smile content area to view up-to-date participation statistics, download planning resources and learn the latest news about this important advocacy campaign. You also can review and update your contact information and the details of the event in which you'll participate. ADA MEMBER.NET E-MAIL SERVICESeveral installments of CyberNews this year have dealt with the subject of unsolicited commercial e-mail—better known as “spam”—and the havoc it can wreak on your electronic inbox.E-mail may be the Internet's “killer app”—the application that defines the most compelling use of the medium—but with the amount of spam sent worldwide increasing each month and legal measures to stem the flow apparently ineffective, it would seem there's not much positive to report in the world of electronic mail.But here's some good news from your Association: the ADA offers a tool that can help you better organize your inbox and advertise your membership in the world's largest national dental association at the same time. Through the ADAMember. net e-mail forwarding service, ADA members can sign up for an “ADAMember.net” e-mail address that will forward mail to an existing e-mail account at no cost.Once established, patients, professional contacts, family and friends can use your “ADAMember. net” address to reach you, significantly decreasing the potential for confusion or breakdowns in communication regardless of how many times you switch your home or office Internet service provider.You also can use your permanent “ADAMember.net” e-mail address to market yourself as an ADA member actively, displaying the address on business cards, letterhead and promotional materials and in the ADA Member Directory.And rest assured, the Association does not have access to any member e-mail correspondence.To register for this member benefit, visit “www.ada.org/members/e_forward/index.asp”. As part of the registration process, you'll be asked to select a user name for your new “ADAMember.net” address and to provide the e-mail address of the existing account to which you'd like your e-mail forwarded. It will take about 24 hours for your new e-mail address to become active. Several installments of CyberNews this year have dealt with the subject of unsolicited commercial e-mail—better known as “spam”—and the havoc it can wreak on your electronic inbox. E-mail may be the Internet's “killer app”—the application that defines the most compelling use of the medium—but with the amount of spam sent worldwide increasing each month and legal measures to stem the flow apparently ineffective, it would seem there's not much positive to report in the world of electronic mail. But here's some good news from your Association: the ADA offers a tool that can help you better organize your inbox and advertise your membership in the world's largest national dental association at the same time. Through the ADAMember. net e-mail forwarding service, ADA members can sign up for an “ADAMember.net” e-mail address that will forward mail to an existing e-mail account at no cost. Once established, patients, professional contacts, family and friends can use your “ADAMember. net” address to reach you, significantly decreasing the potential for confusion or breakdowns in communication regardless of how many times you switch your home or office Internet service provider. You also can use your permanent “ADAMember.net” e-mail address to market yourself as an ADA member actively, displaying the address on business cards, letterhead and promotional materials and in the ADA Member Directory. And rest assured, the Association does not have access to any member e-mail correspondence. To register for this member benefit, visit “www.ada.org/members/e_forward/index.asp”. As part of the registration process, you'll be asked to select a user name for your new “ADAMember.net” address and to provide the e-mail address of the existing account to which you'd like your e-mail forwarded. It will take about 24 hours for your new e-mail address to become active. GKAS 2005 REGISTRATION GOES ONLINEGive Kids A Smile 2005 is slated for Feb. 4. If you plan to participate in the ADA's annual dental advocacy event, you now can register online at ADA.org.Visit “www.ada.org/goto/gkas” to register to participate in the Association's third dental access day, providing oral health care and education for underprivileged children across the United States. In February of this year, some one million children received dental care and education from 38,000 dental professionals.Online registration allows the ADA to gauge the national success of the program and enables participants to request products from GKAS sponsors through Dec. 1. GKAS sponsors includeCrest Healthy Smiles 2010, Cincinnati;DEXIS Digital X-Ray Systems, Redwood, Calif.;Ivoclar Vivadent, Amherst, N.Y.;Sullivan-Schein, Melville, N.Y.The registration process takes 10 to 15 minutes. After signing up, be sure to come back to the Give Kids A Smile content area to view up-to-date participation statistics, download planning resources and learn the latest news about this important advocacy campaign. You also can review and update your contact information and the details of the event in which you'll participate. Give Kids A Smile 2005 is slated for Feb. 4. If you plan to participate in the ADA's annual dental advocacy event, you now can register online at ADA.org. Visit “www.ada.org/goto/gkas” to register to participate in the Association's third dental access day, providing oral health care and education for underprivileged children across the United States. In February of this year, some one million children received dental care and education from 38,000 dental professionals. Online registration allows the ADA to gauge the national success of the program and enables participants to request products from GKAS sponsors through Dec. 1. GKAS sponsors include Crest Healthy Smiles 2010, Cincinnati;DEXIS Digital X-Ray Systems, Redwood, Calif.;Ivoclar Vivadent, Amherst, N.Y.;Sullivan-Schein, Melville, N.Y. The registration process takes 10 to 15 minutes. After signing up, be sure to come back to the Give Kids A Smile content area to view up-to-date participation statistics, download planning resources and learn the latest news about this important advocacy campaign. You also can review and update your contact information and the details of the event in which you'll participate.