FAQ and Forum Guidelines

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How do I reply to a post

To reply to any post on this forum, just click on the message
and click on reply..  Thats it, very easy...

How do I post a new message

To make a new post, Click on one of the categories
on the front page the you would like to post in.
(General discussion, NRLCA news, USPS news, etc)  
Then click on New Topic and post away..

Is my email address protected?

Yes. All email addresses on Rural Mail Talk are obfuscated.

And, we do NOT share, sell or trade your email to anyone.


Saving your favorite forum pages

You can save you favorite forum pages by clicking on the gray flag on any page you are on.  This will save them to your favorites.

To access your favorite forums, look at the top right of the page, you will see "Refresh" "Permalink", "your username" and a red flag.  Click on the red flag to see what forum pages you have you saved to favorites.

How do I delete my posts?

Log in to (or register with) this forum and then you can find and delete your posts.

But you will need to register using the same email address that you used for your post.

We require you to register only because we need to verify that you are the owner of the post. After you register, log in, go to your post, and you will find a "delete" link to delete your post.

How do I stop an email alert? 

At the end of an email alert, there is always a link to stop it. Click that link and you will no longer be alerted.

Customizing Your Account

You can handle different customization options on your account by clicking on your "username" at the top right hand side of the page.   Then click on "Personal Settings"

It will allow you to add a signature to your posts, upload an avatar, manage your email alerts, and more.

Posting by Email

You can subscribe to a forum by clicking on "Options > Subscribe to this forum".

(1)Individual emails - You receive one email for each new post under the forum. If you reply to such emails, your message will be archived as a new reply on the forum.

(2) Digest - You receive one email with a summary of all posts created in the last 24 hours. You can't reply to this type of email.

To manage your subscriptions, click on your profile (top right corner), then click on "Personal Settings > Email Subscriptions". From that screen you can change and remove subscriptions.

To know the email of a given forum, go to the forum and click on "Options > Post by email...". To prevent spam, forum addresses are unique for each user. So you can't get a forum address and send it to your friends.

Subscribing to Topics

If you are interested in a particular topic only, you can subscribe to it instead of subscribing to the whole forum. To do this, open the topic and click on "Options > Subscribe to this topic".

Please send me only replies to my messages

If you don't want to subscribe to anything, but would like to receive replies to your messages. Then all you have to do is click on the "Alert me by email when someone replies to my message" checkbox under the message text area.

What is the green triangle on the top right corner of my user photo/avatar?

This forum can now show which users are online. This information is displayed as a green triangle on the top right corner of the user avatar. Example:



* A user is displayed online if he/she has visited the forum in the last 5 minutes.

How do I link to this forum?

If you want to send someone a link to a particular page on this forum, click on >PERMALINK on the top right of the page.  A box will pop up that will show the >PERMALINK.  Highlight the whole link and then right click your mouse and click >COPY... Then you can paste the link anywhere you like.