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
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