To All- Let me start off by saying that *this* list isn't changing just yet, but it might be of interest for you to know that RootsWeb is beginning to migrate a few mailing lists over to a new list management system. Some of you may already subscribe to RootsWeb lists where it has been announced that the list has been or is soon to be migrated over to the new system. Some time ago Sharon and I did a test and reported our findings on this list about what happens when an AOL list subscriber blocks mail in mail controls for another list subscriber who posts to the list--does the blocked person's list posts bounce back to RootsWeb and eventually possibly bounce the person doing the blocking from the list? Or does the block just send the blocked poster's list mail to the spam folder of the person doing the blocking? What Sharon and I proved is that it depends on whether the LIST address is in the person doing the blocking's address book. If the list address is in the address book RootsWeb doesn't get a bounce back saying "joe6000 is not accepting mail from this sender" -- the list messages from this sender merely end up in the blocker's spam folder. If the list address is not in the address book RootsWeb DOES get a bounce back for this reason--which could potentially lead to the AOLer doing the blocking being removed from the list for bounces. Now--you are probably asking what all the above has to do with the on-going migration of RootsWeb lists to the new system. The admins of the lists already on the new system are experiencing a high level of bounces due to an AOLer, CS.com, or wmconnect subscriber blocking mail from another list member who posts to the list. In some cases the admin is not even able to get a message through to the person to explain the problem--because in some cases the AOLer is blocking the list *admin*. <g> I believe that the cause of the increas in the bounces is that as a part of the changeover the migrated list addresses arer changing from LISTNAME-L to just LISTNAME (no -L). So the list address in your address book isn't matching the list address on the incoming list mail for the migrated lists. Please keep this in mind if you block anyone's mail who may be a subscriber/poster on a list to which you subscribe. If/when your lists migrate to the new system (you will always be notified of this by the list admin of the effected lists) be sure to change your list address in your address book to correspond with the change in listname to remove the -L for the migrated lists. Thanks! Joan