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General Information
Sign-up Instructions.
How do I create/change an Email Reminder?
General Information about Reminders:
What are reminders?
With the Golden Reminders service, you can setup various messages that will be sent to you as email reminders, on the date(s) that you specify. You can setup as many 25 unique reminder records.
How often are reminders sent out?
The system sends out reminders once each day. Specifically, the system will read the reminders database on a daily basis, to determine whether or not a particular reminder needs to be sent out. Reminders are sent out at 12:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, on a daily basis.
When will I receive my reminder?
That depends on what criteria values you setup in your reminder record(s). For example, if you told the system to send you a reminder on the 1st of each month, the system will mail out the reminder on the first day of the month. However, when you will actually receive the reminder in your email box, depends on several factors, as follows:
(1). The speed and frequency at which your email provider actually sends emails to it's customers.
(2). If your email provider is down or experiencing problems, then you may receive your reminder later in the day, or possibly the next day.
(3). Your time-zone will also determine when you will receive your reminder. For example, the further east you are from Pacific Standard Time, will determine just how late in the day you will actually receive your email reminder. For example, east coast USA: 3 hours later or 3:30am; Europe: 8 hours later or 8:30am, etc.
What are the terms of usage?
The system does Not come with any guarantees. The system is used on an as available, as is basis, with no warrenty or guarantee of any kind. And by using this system, you agree to these terms. In addition, you agree Not to use this system to house highly personal or confidential information about yourself or others. Don't use this system to remind you to take medication or to perform any function associated with the medical needs of a human being. You further agree to only setup reminder accounts for email addresses that you own.
How do I Sign-up for an Email Reminder Account ?
Step 1::
Click on the "Sign-up for new account." link. Enter your firstname and lastname, in the fields provided.
Enter your email-address in the field provided. Note: Please use an email address that you own; do NOT use someone elses email address. You must also give us a valid email address, or you will not be able to complete the sign-up process, and the system will not work correctly. Now enter your desired password in the two fields provided. Note: password must be at least 5 characters long. Now click on the Sign - Up button.
If successful, the system will now respond with a "thank you" message that your userid has been added to the system.
Step 2::
Now go to your email box and open the "Reminder Service: Welcome" email from us.
Look at the line that says: "Here is your account ACTIVATION code:xxxxxx". Where "xxxxxx" is your activation code. Using your mouse, highlight and copy the activation code. (Note: if you wish, you may just write it down on a piece of paper, but be careful, the activation code is case sensitive and may contain capital letters).
Now go back to the reminders homepage (or just click on the link that is being displayed on the "thank you" screen.) Go down to the form that says: Activate New Userid:. In the field marked "Activation Code:", paste (or type) the activation code that you just got from the welcome email. Now enter your email address in the field marked: "Your email address:". Click on the " [Activate ]" button.
If successful, the system will respond with the following message: Thank you, (Name). Your userid has been successfully activated. Please return to the reminders homepage and Login to your new account.
Step 3::
Go to the reminders homepage. Go down to the "Existing Users Login:" form. Enter your email address and your password (not the activation code). Click on the [ Login ] button. The Users Options Menu will now appear. You may now create, list, change, or delete your reminders, change your password, or delete your account.
How do I create/change an Email Reminder?
Name your reminder: (New reminder records only)
This is a required field. It is the name you would like to give to your reminder, and must be unique among all your other reminders (if you have more than one). For example, if this reminder will be to remind you of your brothers birthday, then you might want to use "Bobs Birthday" as the name for your reminder.
Reminder Status:
This is a required field. You must choose between active or inactive; active is the default setting. If the record is set to active, then a reminder will be sent depending on the reminder criteria settings (see later in this section). If the record is set to inactive, then no reminder will be sent for this record, regardless of the reminder criteria settings. This is a way of "turning off" the reminder, without actually deleting the record.
Your reminder message detail:
This is a required field. This is where you enter the actual content for your reminder. For example, "Buy Bob a birthday gift before the 27th of this month.".
You must select at least one Reminder Criteria!
The Reminder Criteria is where you tell the system when to send you a reminder. The following are the possible choices:
Send me the Reminder on this Date:
This is the month, day and year when you want the system to send you an email reminder. If you want the system to only send this reminder once, click on "One-Time" in the drop-down menu. If you want the system to send this reminder on all subsequent years, on this day and month, click on "Recursive" in the drop-down menu.
Select Miscellaneous Reminder Criteria(s) that apply:
Send Quarterly: The system will send the reminder on a quarterly basis; in other words, the first day of January, April, July, & October.
Send on the 1st of each month: The system will send the reminder to you on the first of each month, until you tell it to stop.
Send every Sunday: The system will send the reminder to you every Sunday, until you tell it to stop.
Send on the 1st and 15th of every month: The system will send the reminder to you on the 1st and 15th of each month, until you tell it to stop.
Send Reminder every month on one or both of these date(s):
The system will send the reminder to you on the day(s) of each month that you select, until you tell it to stop.
Send Reminder every week on this day:
The system will send the reminder to you on the day of the week that you select, until you tell it to stop.
When you have filled-out the form, you must click on the "Add Reminder" button.