Man i'm having trouble getting mail out with all these net problems!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Re: What happens if you can't post?
> Ok back to my point ;) > > Download the deadman switch software > Youc an do all that it will do whatever you want send an email to your > coworks giving password etc. > its alot like your WILL except its got to be for all your electronic > endeavours. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Musella, DPM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:40 AM > Subject: What happens if you can't post? > > > > > > >What happens if a person dies, and they are members of a gazillion lists > > >like I am. Now most of the lists wouldn't even notice if I fell of the > > >face of the earth ... But obviously people around here would notice. > > > > Notifying them of your death is the least of the problems. What happens > > when you die and you are the only person who knows how to run an online > > business? > > This happened to a friend of mine recently. He was a doctor who ran a few > > websites, mailing lists, and an online cancer registry. When he died > > unexpectedly at the age of 55, nobody knew how to run the list or the > > registry. Nobody knows the passwords, how to access it, or even where in > > the world the data is located. Nobody can even change his website - where > > patients still fill out long forms requesting opinions from him - and wait > > - not knowing that there won't be any responses. The lists are running on > > auto-pilot - but with nobody administering them. People who had problems > > signing off are stuck. Nobody is around to help them. Nobody can be > > banned, nobody is stopping off-topic stuff. > > > > My point is that maybe we should all write down the important things like > > URLs, passwords, names, phone numbers and arrangements of advertisers, and > > how to do certain things, along with instructions of what to do when we > > die. Give it to the spouse and a friend. > > Maybe even those of us who work solo should form loose groups that help > tie > > up loose ends and help the spouse run or sell the business in the event > of > > a death.. I know that if I died right now, my wife would have no idea how > > to continue or sell my on-line business stuff. She doesn't even know my > > password to log onto my computer. > > > > Scary stuff.. but glad you bought it up. I will work on it:) > > Al > > > > > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
