How to Ensure That You Receive both the NYCBA's monthly Newslstter and the Punch and Jurists (P&J) Weekly Newsletters by Email

 

How do I sign up to receive the NYCBA's monthly Newsletter and the weekly P&J newsletters?

If you have paid your current dues, you will automatically receive, by email, a copy of the NYCBA's monthly Newsletter. In addition, you are also eligible to receive - without charge - a copy of the criminal law newsletter published by Punch & Jurists each week. However, in the latter case, to protect your privacy, you must elect to receive the P&J Newlstter by sending an email to P&J. To make such a request, simply click here and tell us that you want to receive the P&J newsletter.

[Please note: P&J will only send the newsletter to you at the return address listed on your email. In addition, both the monthly NYCBA Newsletter and the P&J Newsletters are sent in PDF format only, which requires you to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have that program, you can download it free by going to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]

I replied to the confirmation email but I’m still not receiving my P&J newsletters via email.

Most of the time, you should receive the monthly NYCBA Newsletter and the weekly edition of P&J with no problem. However, due to the way different email programs treat email, it’s possible some of your newsletters are mistakenly identified as “junk” or “spam”. Therefore, if you have previously advised us that you wish to receive P&J by email, but you are not currently receiving it, or if you have not received any of the recent issues of the NYCBA Newsletter, it is possible your email program mistakenly identifies those newsletter as “junk mail” or “spam”. Your email account should provide a junk, bulk or spam folder. Check inside for a message from hfishbein@gfrglawfirm.com or from punchjur@nyc.rr.com.

The P&J newsletters are not spam since you signed up to receive them. But your Internet Service Provider (ISP) might not recognize Punch and Jurists as a usual or “safe” sender, especially if it’s the first time you’ve received email from us. In this case, your ISP will “filter” - or even delete - potential spam, otherwise known as junk mail.

Where should I look for my email newsletters if I don’t see them in my Inbox?

Your email account should provide a junk mail, bulk mail or spam folder. Check inside one of these folders for any email you may be missing.

If my email newsletter is inside one of these folders, what should I do to ensure my ISP will send future email newsletters to my Inbox?

Select (click on the box next to) your email newsletter and click on a tab that indicates it is not junk mail. You can also add punchjur@nyc.rr.com and news@nycrimbar.org to your address book or “Safe List” so that your ISP will recognize both the NYCBA and P&J as accepted email senders.

Do ISPs - for example, AOL, Hotmail, and Yahoo — differ in the way they treat spam or junk mail?

Yes. See below for examples of where to look for your missing messages.

America Online: If you have AOL 9.0 Enhanced, images and links in e-mail are disabled by default unless you add the sender to your address book. You can enable them, but it requires an extra step unless you follow these directions. In addition, AOL's adaptive spam filters could, over time, mistakenly delete our messages. To ensure delivery of the PJ Newsletters and reminders, simply go to keyword "address book" and put hfishbein@gfrglawfirm.com and punchjur@nyc.rr.com in an e-mail address field in your address book.

MSN Hotmail: Select "Options" and then "Junk E-mail Protection" and add hfishbein@gfrglawfirm.com and punchjur@nyc.rr.com to your Safe List.

Yahoo Mail: If spam is not a problem for you, you may want to turn off SpamGuard under Mail Options. If you use SpamGuard, check your bulk mail folder regularly to ensure important messages are not mistakenly filtered. Click the "addresses" button, then select "Add Contact" and save hfishbein@gfrglawfirm.com and punchjur@nyc.rr.com to your contacts list.

Other ISPs: Some ISPs enable spam filters that you can turn off or tune to your preferences. Check your ISP's Web site or contact their technical support team if you believe you are missing messages from Punch and Jurists or any other e-mail subscriptions.

Other Email Software: Check your email software options or settings screen to see if you can add hfishbein@gfrglawfirm.com and punchjur@nyc.rr.com to a "white list" or "safe list" of senders that are never filtered. Alternatively, there may be a folder where suspected spam is moved. You should check there regularly to ensure important messages, such as mailings from the NYCBA and P&J, are not mistakenly filtered.