This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WilliamRParker Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.coffee/1791.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Chestnut Grove is several miles West of where Simmons Mill was located. I have family buried at Chestnut Grove. It is easy to find. Go south from Brundidge on 125 into Coffee Co. to Clowers cross Rd. take right and it is not far on Co. Rd. 111 Dorkas Church on right and across the road is Chestnut Grove. When you go to Elba from Brundidge on 125 there was a curved bridge that crossed Pea River. The bridge was J.B.Simmons bridge. The bridge has been torn down. Just wondering if this was some of the same Simmons. I was from Elba. Roger Parker parker@lcoc.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

First, I would like to apologize that my email caused such a disturbance on this list. I originally posted merely to let everyone on the list why if I should poof. I reacted in the manner that I did for I have truly had my hands full this year with the death of my husband and my having to take the reign alone in my business and home activities. Second, Lauren subscribed to the ALCOFFEE list, wrote her email to me and unsubscribed within three hours. I do not see how we need improvement on our list. We send out queries, queries are answered and we talk off subject about things like "footwashings in churches", "homemade ice cream" and "the making of lye soap" when things get slow. None of her suggestions would cause more subscribers..isn't that the point...more subscribers to share more info. And I think the one thing that stirred me up the most is that she called the public "simple". Third, I hope this will be the last post on the ALCOFFEE mailing list concerning this issue. IF you wish to respond to this email, please write me at kwanja@centurytel.net Thank you. You all take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens

You know, the internet, e-mail etc. is a wonderful thing, except that it doesn't have the advantage of tone of voice and body language. A lot of times, something is written, that isn't meant to be hurtful or said in a mean way, but is taken that way by the receiver, because they don't have the advantage of reading the other signs. I honestly don't think she really meant to be harmful and that was very nice of her to reply to you. You have done a wonderful job.

For Tom, I notice that you research 'Adams". Which line do you seek and research? Regards, Doris Adams Blackshear -----Original Message----- From: Tom Watkins <tomsgenealogy@yahoo.com> To: alcoffee@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:47 pm Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Lauren's email Good Morning Phyllis, >From my reading of Lauren's email; she is a volunteer the same as you & I. Perhaps just for longer and on a much bigger scale. I have no clue how anyone has time for 159 boards and approximately 100 lists and still have time for any of their own genealogical research. <G> I have difficultly just reading the 50 or so boards & lists to which I am subscribed. However, I think Lauren sent you the email with the best of intentions. Not to create difficulties or to criticize. Perhaps, she did not phrase her suggestions in the best manner possible ? NO one on this list wants you to go anyplace !!! We all appreciate the time and effort which you devote to this list and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society. I think most of us enjoy your "list management" style. Otherwise, we would not have remained members. Please think about this for a few days. Then, If you wish to implement what Lauren considers a suggestion; use whatever "welcome message" and "tag line" you want. It is your list. Most of us could care less about the issue. As you stated, "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". Have a great week !! [><] Tom Watkins Eau Gallie, Florida W_a_t_k_i_n_s, A_d_a_m_s, B_o_n_d, B_o_o_t_h, B_r_o_o_k_s, C_a_i_n, C_l_e_m_e_n_t_s, G_i_b_s_o_n, H_o_w_e_l_l, J_o_n_e_s, L_a_s_s_i_t_e_r, M_a_r_s_h, P_a_r_r_i_s_h, R_e_e_v_e_s, S_a_n_d_e_r_s, W_a_l_l http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tew4515/ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=tew4515&I11.x=26&I11.y=5 tomsgenealogy at yahoo dot com http://www.scv.org/video.php ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support our PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at the Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Good Morning Phyllis, >From my reading of Lauren's email; she is a volunteer the same as you & I. Perhaps just for longer and on a much bigger scale. I have no clue how anyone has time for 159 boards and approximately 100 lists and still have time for any of their own genealogical research. <G> I have difficultly just reading the 50 or so boards & lists to which I am subscribed. However, I think Lauren sent you the email with the best of intentions. Not to create difficulties or to criticize. Perhaps, she did not phrase her suggestions in the best manner possible ? NO one on this list wants you to go anyplace !!! We all appreciate the time and effort which you devote to this list and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society. I think most of us enjoy your "list management" style. Otherwise, we would not have remained members. Please think about this for a few days. Then, If you wish to implement what Lauren considers a suggestion; use whatever "welcome message" and "tag line" you want. It is your list. Most of us could care less about the issue. As you stated, "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". Have a great week !! [><] Tom Watkins Eau Gallie, Florida W_a_t_k_i_n_s, A_d_a_m_s, B_o_n_d, B_o_o_t_h, B_r_o_o_k_s, C_a_i_n, C_l_e_m_e_n_t_s, G_i_b_s_o_n, H_o_w_e_l_l, J_o_n_e_s, L_a_s_s_i_t_e_r, M_a_r_s_h, P_a_r_r_i_s_h, R_e_e_v_e_s, S_a_n_d_e_r_s, W_a_l_l http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tew4515/ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=tew4515&I11.x=26&I11.y=5 tomsgenealogy at yahoo dot com http://www.scv.org/video.php ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/

I SECOND THAT,,LOVE YA PHYLLIS ---- SH Muller <shmuller@satx.rr.com> wrote: > Phyllis, > > I am not aware of the conditions that are placed on mailing list moderators > by Rootsweb, or if there are any other entities that impose performance > requirements or restrictions, but I am very aware of the excellent service > you have provided and are providing to the members of the ALCOFFEE email > list. I don't know the difference between a tag line and a welcome message, > but if you need to tweak one or the other to preserve bandwith at the server > level, so be it, but please don't stop providing those of us who are > veterans of the list with the same level of information that you have been > providing all these years in whatever manner works for you and Rootsweb. > > I have been a member of the list for a number of years and have always found > you to be an excellent moderator with a keen sense of when to intervene in > the flow of information and a style of doing so which reflects traditional > Southern diplomacy. Further, I have never taken your occasional mentions of > the PRH&GS, membership in that organization, or the publications and events > offered through it to be any thing more than your advising the reader of > additional opportunities for research and the support of same. > > Please count me in as one of those individuals who is "COMFORTABLE HERE" and > don't even consider going "poof"!! We all need you! > > Sherry Hanks Muller > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:12 PM > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the > > The email below here just arrived to me. I will be honest with all of you > folks and let you know what my reply was to this email: "I have been > moderator of this list for around ten years. You are the first person to > ever mention any of the above. We have had no problems on our list. Do you > wish to moderate this list? If so, I will gladly step to one side to allow > you to do such. Sincerely, Phyllis J. K. Owens" > > So if I go poof as your ALCOFFEE mailing list moderator, you will know why. > > I have too much to do with my life, all the lists and websites. If this > person wishes to take the reigns here, he/she is more than welcome. But I > will admit that this is the best mailing list that I moderate. I enjoy all > of your posts. We do not post in the "normal" modes as most mailing > list....the fact is "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". > > I am sorry for this disruption in your email boxes. Thank you all for your > time. > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <confido@ix.netcom.com> > To: <alcoffee-admin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: Welcome to the > > > > Hello Phyllis: > > I am wondering if you have "welcome message" and "tag line" confused. There > > is no information, rules, etc. in your welcome message. However, your > tagline set for the list is inordinately long and repeats what Rootsweb > autogenerates regarding unsubscription. It uses a lot of bandwidth with > each message. > > It is no longer necessary to include -L in any Rootsweb address since the > switch to Mailman software from Smartlist software last year. > > Although we admins have a lot of leaway in making rules and designing > taglines, we are not to include solicitation of funds. We are not to allow > selling of things on our lists -- dependent upon what our agreement with the > > ListMaster may be. County lists are not genealogical society lists -- > non-profits have a bit more leaway in regards to "selling" things. Paypal > does not belong in any tagline. > > Your current tagline may cause some to feel they MUST pay dues in order to > subscribe to the County list. The public are simple folk. It is up to us to > > ensure clarity -- no need to pay dues to subscribe to this or any Rootsweb > list. > > My suggestion would be that you pump up your welcome message with details > and paramenters for what is on topic for the list and what the rules are and > > minimize your tagline. > "visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs " > > > Delete > "To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com" as it is redundant to what Rootsweb adds > at the end and it is inaccurate. ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com is the > address to use for unsubscription of either list mode or digest mode now. > > > >==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > >ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > >County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > >Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website > >at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > >Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > >Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to > >PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL > >36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the > >Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, > >Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea > >River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your > >search....and happy hunting. > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > You will find this listed on the general page of your Admin tools, under > "details for welcome message" > ....................................... > welcome_msg (general): List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber > welcome message > This value, if any, will be added to the front of the new-subscriber welcome > > message. The rest of the welcome message already describes the important > addresses and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include any of > > that kind of stuff here. This should just contain mission-specific kinds of > things, like etiquette policies or team orientation, or that kind of thing. > > Note that this text will be wrapped, according to the following rules: > > Each paragraph is filled so that no line is longer than 70 characters. > Any line that begins with whitespace is not filled. > A blank line separates paragraphs. > ................................................. > > Your welcome message can be much longer and give far more detail than what > you currently put as a tagline. > > Happy Trails, > > Lauren > Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 > 159 boards and approximately 100 lists > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Oct 9, 2007 12:26 PM > >To: confido@ix.netcom.com > >Subject: Welcome to the "ALCOFFEE" mailing list > > > >Welcome to the ALCOFFEE mailing list! > > > > > >To post a message to this list, send your email to: > > > > ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com > > > >Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also > >added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com > > > >General information about the mailing list, including links to the > >list archives, can be found at: > > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/coffee.html > > > >To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send > >an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" > >in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > > >Sincerely, > > > > The ALCOFFEE List Administrator > > ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, > while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to > PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL > 36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the > Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, > Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails > magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy > hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at the Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Phyllis and listers, I think we all agree that you Phyllis do a wonderful job with this list. However that does not mean that there is not room for improvement and growth. I personally did not think that you were under attack as you seem to have taken it. Seemed to me as if this person was offering a few suggestions which might actually should have been considered. For any who do not know, a welcome message and a tag line are indeed diifferent. A welcome message is received one time only, when you first subscribe and you can include many details in that message. A tagline is something that is added to every single email that is sent out to a list and in my own opinion should be kept short especially since most people who reply to messages usually leave the entire message in tact and after 4 of 5 replies you can have a huge email with nothing but repeated taglines. Though the mention of PayPal in your previous tag line never bothered me, as I am aware that you don't have to "buy" into getting on the list, I can see why others might think it misleading to have it on the tagline. I really don't think Lauren was doing anything more than making a few useful suggestions to you and I hate so see a list member being under attack because they dared to make suggestions/comments. I don't think that is what this list is about either. We all think you're a great list manager and don't want to see you give up the list simply because someone suggests you could make the list better. On the other hand, I certainly now know that if I should ever choose to make a suggestion that something on list could be better, I would immediately come under attack by you and other listmembers who would take it as a threat. Please Phyllis and listmembers, rethink this, should Lauren be treated as such for making suggestions, also keep in mind she had the decency to make those suggestions private. Phyllis it was you who made the email and suggestions public. Debra Crosby -----Original Message----- From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:43 AM To: alcoffee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Stepping down Thank you so very, very much for your kind words of support. I want you to know how very much I appreciate them and all of my ALCOFFEE mailing listers. We ARE a great group of people who try very hard to help one another with our research. Heck, sometimes we do get a little off subject....but that is what adds flavor to our li'l list family. I will not change anything or the way we do it. If they do not like our list, they can de-moderate me and watch the list go back down to 10 subscribers as it was when I adopted it many, many years ago. (We have over 220 right now!!) But I do not think it will come to that. She/he backed down QUICKLY with my response, and wants no part of our list administration. You have probably read my post after she/he wrote me back. I have received many emails personally since I posted tonight. I am writing each person back personally. I just want you all each to know that I love you all more now than I already did before. We are a clannish lot of "simple" folks. LOL! Again, thank you kindly for your kind words, Mr. Marlin. ALCOFFEE mailing list will not change as long as I am moderator of it....and that is a promise. And you please take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens

Hi Sandy and all, I believe there was a Sawmill in New Broxton ca 1920's, My GFather DeWitt Grimes worked there before going to Brundridge to work at the sawmill there. Good luck PS Phyllis, You are doing great things for Coffee Co. listers, do not let someone get under your skin :-) Your Friend and thanks again for all you do for this mailing list, and all you do for Coffee Co. researchers. In a message dated 10/10/2007 8:25:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sanharo@embarqmail.com writes: I'm curious about this sawmill and wonder if there were more sawmills in the area. My great-uncle, Shep Carpenter (buried at Danley's Crossroad) was killed in a sawmill accident in 1922. His death certificate lists a "Mr Hall" as his employer. Perhaps he was a foreman at Mr Simmons mill? Any thoughts on this sawmill being the same where Shep was employed? Oh, and Phyllis you are doing one fine job. I can't imagine what makes this Lauren person think that you need advice! Keep up the good work. Sandy (Carpenter) Mowery FL ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I'm curious about this sawmill and wonder if there were more sawmills in the area. My great-uncle, Shep Carpenter (buried at Danley's Crossroad) was killed in a sawmill accident in 1922. His death certificate lists a "Mr Hall" as his employer. Perhaps he was a foreman at Mr Simmons mill? Any thoughts on this sawmill being the same where Shep was employed? Oh, and Phyllis you are doing one fine job. I can't imagine what makes this Lauren person think that you need advice! Keep up the good work. Sandy (Carpenter) Mowery FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com> To: <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: ALCOFFEE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 212 > > > ALCOFFEE Digest Mode > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hmmmmmm (Nina Pitchford) > 2. Re: Hmmmmm and Phyllis (LaCreta Guy) > 3. Simmons Sawmill (Phyllis J. K. Owens) > 4. Re: Fw: Welcome to the (SH Muller) > 5. Re: Stepping down (Phyllis J. K. Owens) > 6. Re: Hmmmmmm (SH Muller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:36:48 -0500 > From: "Nina Pitchford" <epitch@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > To: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <005501c80aee$ca5c25f0$6601a8c0@prefferef227ff> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yea!!!!!!!! You're staying!!!!!! You're doing a great job Phyllis. > > Nina > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:40:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: LaCreta Guy <atercyug@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmm and Phyllis > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <487130.20523.qm@web60821.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'm one of the simple folks and I'm amazed. > > Lauren, Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996, 159 boards and approximately 100 > lists still has time to be the tagline / welcome message / bandwidth > police for this list??? > > She could have been a little "simpler" with her advice... or > suggestion... or reprimand to you about removing the part about the fees > for PRHGS (if that is a BIG NO NO for lists). Good grief...I'm sure it > isn't a capital offense, warranting life with no parole in the Rootsweb > Jail. > > Since day one...when I was a simple newbie....I never, ever thought, > because of the message about the fees at PRHGS, that there was a fee to > subscribe to any Rootsweb list. > > Please don't give this up, Phyllis. > > LaCreta, Tulsa OK > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 23:07:32 -0500 > From: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net> > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Simmons Sawmill > To: "ALCOFFEE mailing list" <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <016601c80af3$15bae640$2f01a8c0@KrisMcCutcheon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > There is a newly posted photograph for the Simmon's Sawmill. Mrs. Betty > Thompson (our newest ALCOFFEE mailing list member) was kind enough to > share > it with us. There is a copy of the original and the restored copy that I > worked on to clean it up abit. The webpage is located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee/subphotos.html > > Mrs. Thompson would like to know if anyone knows what became of this > land...who owns it and who all have owned it for the last eighty > years..??? > That was 300 acres of land!! Any ideas or knowledge about this out there > with someone on the list would be appreciated. > > Thank you all for your time. > > You take care now..... > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:02:56 -0500 > From: "SH Muller" <shmuller@satx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the > To: "'Phyllis J. K. Owens'" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <AB324361B9E849ECA8F01F580AEA012E@SherryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Phyllis, > > I am not aware of the conditions that are placed on mailing list > moderators > by Rootsweb, or if there are any other entities that impose performance > requirements or restrictions, but I am very aware of the excellent service > you have provided and are providing to the members of the ALCOFFEE email > list. I don't know the difference between a tag line and a welcome > message, > but if you need to tweak one or the other to preserve bandwith at the > server > level, so be it, but please don't stop providing those of us who are > veterans of the list with the same level of information that you have been > providing all these years in whatever manner works for you and Rootsweb. > > I have been a member of the list for a number of years and have always > found > you to be an excellent moderator with a keen sense of when to intervene in > the flow of information and a style of doing so which reflects traditional > Southern diplomacy. Further, I have never taken your occasional mentions > of > the PRH&GS, membership in that organization, or the publications and > events > offered through it to be any thing more than your advising the reader of > additional opportunities for research and the support of same. > > Please count me in as one of those individuals who is "COMFORTABLE HERE" > and > don't even consider going "poof"!! We all need you! > > Sherry Hanks Muller > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:12 PM > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the > > The email below here just arrived to me. I will be honest with all of you > folks and let you know what my reply was to this email: "I have been > moderator of this list for around ten years. You are the first person to > ever mention any of the above. We have had no problems on our list. Do > you > wish to moderate this list? If so, I will gladly step to one side to allow > you to do such. Sincerely, Phyllis J. K. Owens" > > So if I go poof as your ALCOFFEE mailing list moderator, you will know > why. > > I have too much to do with my life, all the lists and websites. If this > person wishes to take the reigns here, he/she is more than welcome. But I > will admit that this is the best mailing list that I moderate. I enjoy > all > of your posts. We do not post in the "normal" modes as most mailing > list....the fact is "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". > > I am sorry for this disruption in your email boxes. Thank you all for > your > time. > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <confido@ix.netcom.com> > To: <alcoffee-admin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: Welcome to the > > > > Hello Phyllis: > > I am wondering if you have "welcome message" and "tag line" confused. > There > > is no information, rules, etc. in your welcome message. However, your > tagline set for the list is inordinately long and repeats what Rootsweb > autogenerates regarding unsubscription. It uses a lot of bandwidth with > each message. > > It is no longer necessary to include -L in any Rootsweb address since the > switch to Mailman software from Smartlist software last year. > > Although we admins have a lot of leaway in making rules and designing > taglines, we are not to include solicitation of funds. We are not to > allow > selling of things on our lists -- dependent upon what our agreement with > the > > ListMaster may be. County lists are not genealogical society lists -- > non-profits have a bit more leaway in regards to "selling" things. Paypal > does not belong in any tagline. > > Your current tagline may cause some to feel they MUST pay dues in order to > subscribe to the County list. The public are simple folk. It is up to us > to > > ensure clarity -- no need to pay dues to subscribe to this or any Rootsweb > list. > > My suggestion would be that you pump up your welcome message with details > and paramenters for what is on topic for the list and what the rules are > and > > minimize your tagline. > "visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs " > > > Delete > "To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com" as it is redundant to what Rootsweb adds > at the end and it is inaccurate. ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com is the > address to use for unsubscription of either list mode or digest mode now. > > >>==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to >>ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >>Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee >>County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. >>Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project >>website >>at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and >>Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs >>Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to >>PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL >>36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the >>Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, >>Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea >>River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your >>search....and happy hunting. >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > You will find this listed on the general page of your Admin tools, under > "details for welcome message" > ....................................... > welcome_msg (general): List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber > welcome message > This value, if any, will be added to the front of the new-subscriber > welcome > > message. The rest of the welcome message already describes the important > addresses and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include any > of > > that kind of stuff here. This should just contain mission-specific kinds > of > things, like etiquette policies or team orientation, or that kind of > thing. > > Note that this text will be wrapped, according to the following rules: > > Each paragraph is filled so that no line is longer than 70 characters. > Any line that begins with whitespace is not filled. > A blank line separates paragraphs. > ................................................. > > Your welcome message can be much longer and give far more detail than what > you currently put as a tagline. > > Happy Trails, > > Lauren > Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 > 159 boards and approximately 100 lists > > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Oct 9, 2007 12:26 PM >>To: confido@ix.netcom.com >>Subject: Welcome to the "ALCOFFEE" mailing list >> >>Welcome to the ALCOFFEE mailing list! >> >> >>To post a message to this list, send your email to: >> >> ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com >> >>Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also >>added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com >> >>General information about the mailing list, including links to the >>list archives, can be found at: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/coffee.html >> >>To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send >>an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" >>in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >> >>Sincerely, >> >> The ALCOFFEE List Administrator >> ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, > while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to > PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL > 36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the > Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, > Enterprise, > Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails > magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy > hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:42:38 -0500 > From: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Stepping down > To: <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <00d201c80aef$a121d670$2f01a8c0@KrisMcCutcheon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you so very, very much for your kind words of support. I want you > to > know how very much I appreciate them and all of my ALCOFFEE mailing > listers. > We ARE a great group of people who try very hard to help one another with > our research. Heck, sometimes we do get a little off subject....but that > is > what adds flavor to our li'l list family. > > I will not change anything or the way we do it. If they do not like our > list, they can de-moderate me and watch the list go back down to 10 > subscribers as it was when I adopted it many, many years ago. (We have > over > 220 right now!!) But I do not think it will come to that. She/he > backed > down QUICKLY with my response, and wants no part of our list > administration. > You have probably read my post after she/he wrote me back. > > I have received many emails personally since I posted tonight. I am > writing > each person back personally. I just want you all each to know that I love > you all more now than I already did before. We are a clannish lot of > "simple" folks. LOL! > > Again, thank you kindly for your kind words, Mr. Marlin. > > ALCOFFEE mailing list will not change as long as I am moderator of > it....and > that is a promise. > > And you please take care now..... > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:14:41 -0500 > From: "SH Muller" <shmuller@satx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > To: "'Phyllis J. K. Owens'" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20E327BD471643ABBB206458E2A6AF02@SherryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I just didn't type fast enough!! Problem seems to be solved!! > > Thanks again for all your good work! > > Sherry Hanks [The Coffee Connection] Muller > -----Original Message----- > From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:25 PM > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > > Thank you for your support. I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list. It is the > most downhome and helpful list I have ever been on or moderated. Everyone > is comfortable and at home here. We may get a little off subject at > times, > but we all know where the delete button is when we do not wish to read an > email or participate in a conversation. > > I am not going anywhere!! They will have to boot kick me to the curb > first!! > > I have been here far too long to go that easily. LOL! I was just warning > you folks just in case they do boot me to the curb. LOL! Just because > he/she (Lauren) who sent the email moderates 159 message boards and > approximately 100 lists and has been a volunteer since 1996 does not mean > I > am going anywhere without being tossed out. If he/she moderates that many > boards and mailing lists, there must be no action on any of them for her > to > have time to take to write to me about our ALCOFFEE mailing list. I know > I > have to work bounces about five to fifteen times per day on this list. > > He/she wrote me back: > "Hello Phyllis: I have no desire to admin your list. Many admins did not > realize their welcome messages disappeared when the software was changed > from Smartlist to Mailman. And some are confused between the tagline area > and the welcome message area. Or just plain do not know where to find it > in > the new tools. Cheers, Lauren" > > I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list and its subscribers. We are not THAT > simple. *grins* We just do not conform easily to rules that have no > bearing on our happy li'l list. > > You all take care now.....*hugs* And...THANK YOU!! > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, > while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support > our > PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at the Society > Research > Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. > PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine. > Good > luck in your search....and happy hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ALCOFFEE list administrator, send an email to > ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ALCOFFEE mailing list, send an email to > ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ALCOFFEE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 212 > **************************************** >

Please do not let a smart alec get to you. Stay where you are as you are doing a stand out job. Marlin

I just didn't type fast enough!! Problem seems to be solved!! Thanks again for all your good work! Sherry Hanks [The Coffee Connection] Muller -----Original Message----- From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:25 PM To: ALCOFFEE mailing list Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm Thank you for your support. I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list. It is the most downhome and helpful list I have ever been on or moderated. Everyone is comfortable and at home here. We may get a little off subject at times, but we all know where the delete button is when we do not wish to read an email or participate in a conversation. I am not going anywhere!! They will have to boot kick me to the curb first!! I have been here far too long to go that easily. LOL! I was just warning you folks just in case they do boot me to the curb. LOL! Just because he/she (Lauren) who sent the email moderates 159 message boards and approximately 100 lists and has been a volunteer since 1996 does not mean I am going anywhere without being tossed out. If he/she moderates that many boards and mailing lists, there must be no action on any of them for her to have time to take to write to me about our ALCOFFEE mailing list. I know I have to work bounces about five to fifteen times per day on this list. He/she wrote me back: "Hello Phyllis: I have no desire to admin your list. Many admins did not realize their welcome messages disappeared when the software was changed from Smartlist to Mailman. And some are confused between the tagline area and the welcome message area. Or just plain do not know where to find it in the new tools. Cheers, Lauren" I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list and its subscribers. We are not THAT simple. *grins* We just do not conform easily to rules that have no bearing on our happy li'l list. You all take care now.....*hugs* And...THANK YOU!! Phyllis J. K. Owens ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support our PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at the Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Phyllis, I am not aware of the conditions that are placed on mailing list moderators by Rootsweb, or if there are any other entities that impose performance requirements or restrictions, but I am very aware of the excellent service you have provided and are providing to the members of the ALCOFFEE email list. I don't know the difference between a tag line and a welcome message, but if you need to tweak one or the other to preserve bandwith at the server level, so be it, but please don't stop providing those of us who are veterans of the list with the same level of information that you have been providing all these years in whatever manner works for you and Rootsweb. I have been a member of the list for a number of years and have always found you to be an excellent moderator with a keen sense of when to intervene in the flow of information and a style of doing so which reflects traditional Southern diplomacy. Further, I have never taken your occasional mentions of the PRH&GS, membership in that organization, or the publications and events offered through it to be any thing more than your advising the reader of additional opportunities for research and the support of same. Please count me in as one of those individuals who is "COMFORTABLE HERE" and don't even consider going "poof"!! We all need you! Sherry Hanks Muller -----Original Message----- From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:12 PM To: ALCOFFEE mailing list Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the The email below here just arrived to me. I will be honest with all of you folks and let you know what my reply was to this email: "I have been moderator of this list for around ten years. You are the first person to ever mention any of the above. We have had no problems on our list. Do you wish to moderate this list? If so, I will gladly step to one side to allow you to do such. Sincerely, Phyllis J. K. Owens" So if I go poof as your ALCOFFEE mailing list moderator, you will know why. I have too much to do with my life, all the lists and websites. If this person wishes to take the reigns here, he/she is more than welcome. But I will admit that this is the best mailing list that I moderate. I enjoy all of your posts. We do not post in the "normal" modes as most mailing list....the fact is "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". I am sorry for this disruption in your email boxes. Thank you all for your time. Phyllis J. K. Owens ----- Original Message ----- From: <confido@ix.netcom.com> To: <alcoffee-admin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Welcome to the Hello Phyllis: I am wondering if you have "welcome message" and "tag line" confused. There is no information, rules, etc. in your welcome message. However, your tagline set for the list is inordinately long and repeats what Rootsweb autogenerates regarding unsubscription. It uses a lot of bandwidth with each message. It is no longer necessary to include -L in any Rootsweb address since the switch to Mailman software from Smartlist software last year. Although we admins have a lot of leaway in making rules and designing taglines, we are not to include solicitation of funds. We are not to allow selling of things on our lists -- dependent upon what our agreement with the ListMaster may be. County lists are not genealogical society lists -- non-profits have a bit more leaway in regards to "selling" things. Paypal does not belong in any tagline. Your current tagline may cause some to feel they MUST pay dues in order to subscribe to the County list. The public are simple folk. It is up to us to ensure clarity -- no need to pay dues to subscribe to this or any Rootsweb list. My suggestion would be that you pump up your welcome message with details and paramenters for what is on topic for the list and what the rules are and minimize your tagline. "visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs " Delete "To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com" as it is redundant to what Rootsweb adds at the end and it is inaccurate. ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com is the address to use for unsubscription of either list mode or digest mode now. >==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to >ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee >County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. >Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website >at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and >Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs >Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to >PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL >36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the >Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, >Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea >River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your >search....and happy hunting. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message You will find this listed on the general page of your Admin tools, under "details for welcome message" ....................................... welcome_msg (general): List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber welcome message This value, if any, will be added to the front of the new-subscriber welcome message. The rest of the welcome message already describes the important addresses and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include any of that kind of stuff here. This should just contain mission-specific kinds of things, like etiquette policies or team orientation, or that kind of thing. Note that this text will be wrapped, according to the following rules: Each paragraph is filled so that no line is longer than 70 characters. Any line that begins with whitespace is not filled. A blank line separates paragraphs. ................................................. Your welcome message can be much longer and give far more detail than what you currently put as a tagline. Happy Trails, Lauren Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 159 boards and approximately 100 lists -----Original Message----- >From: alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Oct 9, 2007 12:26 PM >To: confido@ix.netcom.com >Subject: Welcome to the "ALCOFFEE" mailing list > >Welcome to the ALCOFFEE mailing list! > > >To post a message to this list, send your email to: > > ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com > >Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also >added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com > >General information about the mailing list, including links to the >list archives, can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/coffee.html > >To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send >an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" >in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > >Sincerely, > > The ALCOFFEE List Administrator > ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL 36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy hunting. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a newly posted photograph for the Simmon's Sawmill. Mrs. Betty Thompson (our newest ALCOFFEE mailing list member) was kind enough to share it with us. There is a copy of the original and the restored copy that I worked on to clean it up abit. The webpage is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee/subphotos.html Mrs. Thompson would like to know if anyone knows what became of this land...who owns it and who all have owned it for the last eighty years..??? That was 300 acres of land!! Any ideas or knowledge about this out there with someone on the list would be appreciated. Thank you all for your time. You take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens

Thank you so very, very much for your kind words of support. I want you to know how very much I appreciate them and all of my ALCOFFEE mailing listers. We ARE a great group of people who try very hard to help one another with our research. Heck, sometimes we do get a little off subject....but that is what adds flavor to our li'l list family. I will not change anything or the way we do it. If they do not like our list, they can de-moderate me and watch the list go back down to 10 subscribers as it was when I adopted it many, many years ago. (We have over 220 right now!!) But I do not think it will come to that. She/he backed down QUICKLY with my response, and wants no part of our list administration. You have probably read my post after she/he wrote me back. I have received many emails personally since I posted tonight. I am writing each person back personally. I just want you all each to know that I love you all more now than I already did before. We are a clannish lot of "simple" folks. LOL! Again, thank you kindly for your kind words, Mr. Marlin. ALCOFFEE mailing list will not change as long as I am moderator of it....and that is a promise. And you please take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens

Yea!!!!!!!! You're staying!!!!!! You're doing a great job Phyllis. Nina

Thank you for your support. I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list. It is the most downhome and helpful list I have ever been on or moderated. Everyone is comfortable and at home here. We may get a little off subject at times, but we all know where the delete button is when we do not wish to read an email or participate in a conversation. I am not going anywhere!! They will have to boot kick me to the curb first!! I have been here far too long to go that easily. LOL! I was just warning you folks just in case they do boot me to the curb. LOL! Just because he/she (Lauren) who sent the email moderates 159 message boards and approximately 100 lists and has been a volunteer since 1996 does not mean I am going anywhere without being tossed out. If he/she moderates that many boards and mailing lists, there must be no action on any of them for her to have time to take to write to me about our ALCOFFEE mailing list. I know I have to work bounces about five to fifteen times per day on this list. He/she wrote me back: "Hello Phyllis: I have no desire to admin your list. Many admins did not realize their welcome messages disappeared when the software was changed from Smartlist to Mailman. And some are confused between the tagline area and the welcome message area. Or just plain do not know where to find it in the new tools. Cheers, Lauren" I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list and its subscribers. We are not THAT simple. *grins* We just do not conform easily to rules that have no bearing on our happy li'l list. You all take care now.....*hugs* And...THANK YOU!! Phyllis J. K. Owens

Hey Phyllis, We may be SIMPLE folks as she stated but I do know we all love and appreciate your work! You have your plate full yet you are always there for anyone in need. Don't let her opinion hurt you for we think you are the best! Sincerely, pat. Researching: Cro(w)ley, Warr, Harper, DeShazo, Collins

Please don't go Phyllis, you've always been so helpful to me! I haven't heard of anyone else complaining. We love you, please stay! Shelby Corcoran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net> To: "ALCOFFEE mailing list" <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:39 PM Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > Since I am probably on my way out....LOL! > > Any of you who wish can still write to me at kwanja@centurytel.net And I > will still be maintaining the websites at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee > and > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > and > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goodsons > and > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~owengrantland > (Welllllllll, maybe not since Rootsweb owns the websites also--LOL!) > > I changed the footer below to better suit the truth....but with no > soliciting. > > You all take care now..... > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project > website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical > and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at > the Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, > Enterprise, Alabama 36330. PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of > Pea River Trails magazine with paid membership. Good luck in your > search....and happy hunting. > > This list is not affiliated with PRHGS or Coffee County, AL. It is > actually owned by some snot nosed kid up north who has lots of money and > has made lots more money off of the name of Rootsweb and we are just > allowed to post our messages by their rules. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1059 - Release Date: 10/9/2007 > 8:44 AM > >

Since I am probably on my way out....LOL! Any of you who wish can still write to me at kwanja@centurytel.net And I will still be maintaining the websites at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goodsons and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~owengrantland (Welllllllll, maybe not since Rootsweb owns the websites also--LOL!) I changed the footer below to better suit the truth....but with no soliciting. You all take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens

The email below here just arrived to me. I will be honest with all of you folks and let you know what my reply was to this email: "I have been moderator of this list for around ten years. You are the first person to ever mention any of the above. We have had no problems on our list. Do you wish to moderate this list? If so, I will gladly step to one side to allow you to do such. Sincerely, Phyllis J. K. Owens" So if I go poof as your ALCOFFEE mailing list moderator, you will know why. I have too much to do with my life, all the lists and websites. If this person wishes to take the reigns here, he/she is more than welcome. But I will admit that this is the best mailing list that I moderate. I enjoy all of your posts. We do not post in the "normal" modes as most mailing list....the fact is "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". I am sorry for this disruption in your email boxes. Thank you all for your time. Phyllis J. K. Owens ----- Original Message ----- From: <confido@ix.netcom.com> To: <alcoffee-admin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Welcome to the Hello Phyllis: I am wondering if you have "welcome message" and "tag line" confused. There is no information, rules, etc. in your welcome message. However, your tagline set for the list is inordinately long and repeats what Rootsweb autogenerates regarding unsubscription. It uses a lot of bandwidth with each message. It is no longer necessary to include -L in any Rootsweb address since the switch to Mailman software from Smartlist software last year. Although we admins have a lot of leaway in making rules and designing taglines, we are not to include solicitation of funds. We are not to allow selling of things on our lists -- dependent upon what our agreement with the ListMaster may be. County lists are not genealogical society lists -- non-profits have a bit more leaway in regards to "selling" things. Paypal does not belong in any tagline. Your current tagline may cause some to feel they MUST pay dues in order to subscribe to the County list. The public are simple folk. It is up to us to ensure clarity -- no need to pay dues to subscribe to this or any Rootsweb list. My suggestion would be that you pump up your welcome message with details and paramenters for what is on topic for the list and what the rules are and minimize your tagline. "visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs " Delete "To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com" as it is redundant to what Rootsweb adds at the end and it is inaccurate. ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com is the address to use for unsubscription of either list mode or digest mode now. >==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to >ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee >County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. >Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website >at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and >Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs >Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to >PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL >36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the >Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, >Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea >River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your >search....and happy hunting. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message You will find this listed on the general page of your Admin tools, under "details for welcome message" ....................................... welcome_msg (general): List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber welcome message This value, if any, will be added to the front of the new-subscriber welcome message. The rest of the welcome message already describes the important addresses and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include any of that kind of stuff here. This should just contain mission-specific kinds of things, like etiquette policies or team orientation, or that kind of thing. Note that this text will be wrapped, according to the following rules: Each paragraph is filled so that no line is longer than 70 characters. Any line that begins with whitespace is not filled. A blank line separates paragraphs. ................................................. Your welcome message can be much longer and give far more detail than what you currently put as a tagline. Happy Trails, Lauren Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 159 boards and approximately 100 lists -----Original Message----- >From: alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Oct 9, 2007 12:26 PM >To: confido@ix.netcom.com >Subject: Welcome to the "ALCOFFEE" mailing list > >Welcome to the ALCOFFEE mailing list! > > >To post a message to this list, send your email to: > > ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com > >Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also >added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com > >General information about the mailing list, including links to the >list archives, can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/coffee.html > >To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send >an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" >in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > >Sincerely, > > The ALCOFFEE List Administrator > ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com