Folks, Instead of my usual signature block, I'm using my general "Listmom" block so you can see the lists I admin and that all of these lists have migrated from the old Smartlist software to the new Mailman. Because SOCAL (SOuthern CALifornia) participated in the beta testing I was able to migrate all my lists a day or two earlier than the rest (thousands) of lists. Overall I am very pleased. As Listmom the utilities pages are much easier to work with than SmartList. A few update points and reminders: ~The lists only allow you to subscribe to one mode per email address. With Smartlist you could use the same addy on both the "list" and "digest" versions. Not so with mailman. All those pre-migration with an address on both migrated to the "list" version. You must decided which mode you want or use a different address for the other. ~Those on digest defaulted to "plain text" (in-line) messages. If you wish to receive your digests as MIME attachments, email me privately <ybowers@comcast.net> and I'll change it for you. ~There are no more "L" and "D" designations (except for subbing/unsubbing to digest version). The posting address is now JUST the listname i.e. SOCAL@rootsweb.com. You may have to update your mail filters and address books. ~AOL-ers are still only getting sporadic (if any) messages. AOL blocked the Lists9 server (the new expansion server where Mailman lists are housed). Although they are working on the problem, it has not been resolved yet. ~Relating to the above point (and to anyone who suspects they are not receiving list mail), it's always a good idea to check the archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ before emailing me or the list with a "test" or "is the list working?" message which is singularly unhelpful and clogs up the archives. When in doubt, email me at <ybowers@comcast.net> ~Soon (after migration of all the lists) there will be a tool (web page) each subscriber can go to to change their own subscriptions (unsub, switch to digest, switch to MIME, etc) which will render me virtually obsolete :-) Just kidding. It will be a help to you. There will be an announcement when that is available. ~The gateways to the Rootsweb Messages Boards are not turned on yet so those lists (my surname lists) may see a delay in board messages hitting the lists. I have to manually allow them. ~You may have noticed (but probably not :-) ) the rotating footers are gone. I am updating the one footer (non-digest and digest messages), the digest administrivia (the message you see after the headers and before the TOC), etc. and the Welcome Messages but that will be accomplished over several days. Overall, I am quite pleased. If you have any difficulties which may or may not be attributed to Mailman, please let me know and I'll do my best to get it fixed. That's all, folks! -- Yvonne Bowers, Listmom NORCAL*SOCAL*CORNISH*CORNISH-GEN*CA-CORNISH BENNEY*BRANSON*GARRETSON/GARRISON*GIANOTTI* LORENTZ/LORANCE/LOWRANCE*MOFFAT/TT/ETT/ITT*OLIVER