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IMN Desktop Newsletter:
Frequently Asked Questions
The IMN Desktop Newsletter is a small, simple program that allows you to view HTML pages directly on your computer desktop without surfing the Web. It is less than 300 KB in size and takes less than a minute to download with a dial-up Internet connection. The program that you download should be called: IMN_News_Install.exe Independent Musicians Network offers the IMN Desktop Newsletter as a free "premium" service for our valued customers, associates, and musician friends. It will notify you automatically when new newsletters, updates, and special offers are available from the Independent Musicians Network. Many special offers and updates are available exclusively to our IMN Desktop Newsletter subscribers.
After you download and install the software, a small icon is added to the taskbar in the lower right corner of your computer desktop.
When your computer is connected to the Internet, the
IMN Desktop Newsletter automatically checks
our web site for new messages. If a new message is
available, the taskbar icon will blink and a small
notification window will appear above it with the
subject line of your new message -- simply click the
notification to open and read the message. You can manually check for new messages at any time by right-clicking the icon in your taskbar tray and selecting "Check for New Messages."
Subscribing to this "premium" service gives you a number of advantages over an e-mail subscription:
Plus, you'll never need to search through your crowded e-mail inbox again to find the latest issue of the newsletter -- when each issue is ready, you'll instantly receive a notification on your desktop.
No -- the IMN Desktop Newsletter only displays newsletters and messages from the Independent Musicians Network team and parent company Reflections Marketing LLC.
IMN Desktop Newsletter will work on almost any PC as long as you are using Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher as your web browser. If you are using another web browser (such as Netscape or Mozilla) or an older version of Internet Explorer, you can download the latest version for free by going to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp. If you are using a Mac computer, you will need to download and run a "PC emulator" program in order to view your messages. For a list of free PC emulator software, visit http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html#PCEmulators.
IMN Desktop Newsletter messages are stored in a special "inbox," which you can open at any time by right-clicking the icon in your taskbar tray and selecting "Open Message Browser." To read any message in your inbox, double-click the subject line of the message you wish to open.
Yes! You can mark IMN Desktop Newsletter messages as "read" or "unread," or delete messages that you do not wish to keep. Note that some messages will "expire" after a certain period of time -- regular newsletters usually expire after a few weeks, whereas a special offer might expire after 12 or 24 hours. To manage your messages in the IMN Desktop Newsletter inbox, click the subject line of the message you wish to change, then select the action you wish to take from the "Options" menu.
No! Reflections Marketing LLC and The Independent Musicians Network does not create or support spyware products of any kind. Spyware is software that gathers information about a person's computer without their knowledge. When you download a spyware program (usually disguised as a "helpful" free download), it can begin "spying" and recording information about your computer activity -- including your keystrokes, your Internet search history, and even the passwords you use! Spyware can be extremely difficult to remove from your computer -- so be careful what you download! To find out if a program is spyware before you download it, you can visit SpywareGuide.com and search their list of known spyware programs.
You can select a sound for the IMN Desktop Newsletter to play when it receives a new message, or you can turn off audio notification. In the "Options" menu, select "Change Notification Settings." In the dialog box that appears, click to select an audio notification option. If you choose to play a custom sound, use the button beside the sound name field to browse for the file, then click "Open." Note that you must choose a WAV file for audio notifications (with the extension ".wav" after the filename).
To turn the IMN Desktop Newsletter off so that you will stop receiving message notifications, simply right-click the icon in your taskbar tray and select "Exit." To start the IMN Desktop Newsletter again at any time, open the "Start" menu (at the lower right corner of your computer screen), then select "All Programs" and click "IMN_News" The IMN Desktop Newsletter will check for any notifications you have missed.
Get your FREE copy of the Click here now to download your FREE copy of the IMN Desktop Newsletter To get started, all you need to do is click the download link, then click "Run" in the "File Download" window that pops up. And that's it -- you're done! The icon for your IMN Desktop Newsletter will automatically appear in the lower right-hand corner of your computer screen. Click on this icon, and you'll instantly have access to the IMN Desktop Newsletter
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